Barbados vs North America: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Barbados
- North America
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 22.4% against 7.1% in North America, a difference of 15.3%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 3.1 times North America's.
Across all 55 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 47th and North America ranks 45th of 196 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.4% | 15.4% | 11.0% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 24.6% | 11.3% | 13.3% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 16.5% | 7.3% | 9.1% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 18.6% | 5.2% | 13.4% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 17.9% | 4.7% | 13.2% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 21.2% | 5.9% | 15.3% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 22.3% | 7.1% | 15.2% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Barbados or North America?
- Barbados, at 22.4% against 7.1% in North America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food imports between Barbados and North America?
- 15.3%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and North America?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and North America rank globally for food imports?
- Barbados ranks 47th and North America ranks 45th 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.