Cape Verde vs Djibouti: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Cape Verde
- Djibouti
How they compare
Djibouti currently reports 38.6% against 32.6% in Cape Verde, a difference of 6.0%.
That makes Djibouti's figure about 1.2 times Cape Verde's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 8th and Djibouti ranks 5th of 196 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 2 and Djibouti in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Djibouti | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 46.4% | 42.7% | 3.7% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 29.4% | 29.3% | 0.1% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 20.2% | 38.8% | 18.6% | Djibouti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Cape Verde or Djibouti?
- Djibouti, at 38.6% against 32.6% in Cape Verde as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food imports between Cape Verde and Djibouti?
- 6.0%, with Djibouti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Djibouti?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
- How do Cape Verde and Djibouti rank globally for food imports?
- Cape Verde ranks 8th and Djibouti ranks 5th 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.