Sudan vs World: Food exports
Food exports over time
- Sudan
- World
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 50.6% against 9.1% in World, a difference of 41.5%.
That makes Sudan's figure about 5.5 times World's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Sudan ahead.
Sudan ranks 36th and World ranks 38th of 196 countries.
Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sudan | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.3% | 20.2% | 12.1% | Sudan |
| 1970s | 34.1% | 16.6% | 17.5% | Sudan |
| 1980s | 50.9% | 13.7% | 37.2% | Sudan |
| 1990s | 59.6% | 9.1% | 50.5% | Sudan |
| 2000s | 8.9% | 7.1% | 1.7% | Sudan |
| 2010s | 24.7% | 8.3% | 16.4% | Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food exports, Sudan or World?
- Sudan, at 50.6% against 9.1% in World as of 2018.
- What is the difference in food exports between Sudan and World?
- 41.5%, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and World?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2018.
- How do Sudan and World rank globally for food exports?
- Sudan ranks 36th and World ranks 38th 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.