Benin vs Pre-demographic dividend: Food imports
Food imports over time
- Benin
- Pre-demographic dividend
How they compare
Benin currently reports 33.3% against 15.5% in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 17.8%.
That makes Benin's figure about 2.2 times Pre-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 8th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 9th of 196 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Pre-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 20.2% | 18.6% | 1.6% | Benin |
| 2000s | 27.4% | 13.8% | 13.6% | Benin |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 15.4% | 28.7% | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Benin or Pre-demographic dividend?
- Benin, at 33.3% against 15.5% in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between Benin and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 17.8%, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Pre-demographic dividend?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2019.
- How do Benin and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for food imports?
- Benin ranks 8th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 9th 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.