Cape Verde vs Low income: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Cape Verde
- Low income
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 32.6% against 17.6% in Low income, a difference of 15.0%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.9 times Low income's.
Across all 19 years both countries report, Cape Verde has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 8th and Low income ranks 5th of 196 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Low income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.7% | 16.3% | 13.4% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 28.5% | 17.4% | 11.1% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Cape Verde or Low income?
- Cape Verde, at 32.6% against 17.6% in Low income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between Cape Verde and Low income?
- 15.0%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Low income?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2019.
- How do Cape Verde and Low income rank globally for food imports?
- Cape Verde ranks 8th and Low income 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.