Afghanistan vs Early-demographic dividend: Food imports
Food imports over time
- Afghanistan
- Early-demographic dividend
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 26.9% against 9.3% in Early-demographic dividend, a difference of 17.6%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 2.9 times Early-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Early-demographic dividend ranks 26th of 196 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Early-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.0% | 14.3% | 3.7% | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 22.2% | 13.5% | 8.6% | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 18.6% | 8.7% | 9.9% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 19.0% | 9.3% | 9.7% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Afghanistan or Early-demographic dividend?
- Afghanistan, at 26.9% against 9.3% in Early-demographic dividend as of 2019.
- What is the difference in food imports between Afghanistan and Early-demographic dividend?
- 17.6%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Early-demographic dividend?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2019.
- How do Afghanistan and Early-demographic dividend rank globally for food imports?
- Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Early-demographic dividend ranks 26th of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as Food imports (% of merchandise imports). 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 imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a 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.