Cape Verde vs Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Food imports
Food imports over time
- Cape Verde
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 32.6% against 14.9% in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), a difference of 17.7%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 2.2 times Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)'s.
Across all 29 years both countries report, Cape Verde has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 9th and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 12th of 196 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.3% | 14.6% | 28.6% | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 33.7% | 15.6% | 18.1% | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 29.8% | 15.6% | 14.2% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 28.5% | 15.4% | 13.1% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 20.7% | 17.0% | 3.7% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Cape Verde or Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Cape Verde, at 32.6% against 14.9% in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between Cape Verde and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- 17.7%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2023.
- How do Cape Verde and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank globally for food imports?
- Cape Verde ranks 9th and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 12th 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.