Malta vs Norway: Food exports (% of merchandise exports)
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) over time
- Malta
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 10.8% against 9.9% in Malta, a difference of 0.9%.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 134th and Norway ranks 131st of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.9% | 15.7% | 3.2% | Malta |
| 1970s | 9.0% | 11.4% | 2.4% | Norway |
| 1980s | 6.1% | 6.4% | 0.2% | Norway |
| 1990s | 2.2% | 8.2% | 6.0% | Norway |
| 2000s | 5.3% | 5.7% | 0.4% | Norway |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 9.2% | 2.6% | Norway |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 10.0% | 0.7% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Malta or Norway?
- Norway, at 10.8% against 9.9% in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food exports between Malta and Norway?
- 0.9%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Norway?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Malta and Norway rank globally for food exports?
- Malta ranks 134th and Norway ranks 131st of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Food exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Food comprises the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.