Dominica vs High income: Food imports
Food imports over time
- Dominica
- High income
How they compare
Dominica currently reports 25.2% against 8.9% in High income, a difference of 16.3%.
That makes Dominica's figure about 2.8 times High income's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Dominica has been ahead every year.
Dominica ranks 31st and High income ranks 32nd of 196 countries.
Dominica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominica | High income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.2% | 12.3% | 21.8% | Dominica |
| 1980s | 28.1% | 10.4% | 17.7% | Dominica |
| 1990s | 26.5% | 8.6% | 17.9% | Dominica |
| 2000s | 21.9% | 7.1% | 14.8% | Dominica |
| 2010s | 22.2% | 8.0% | 14.2% | Dominica |
| 2020s | 25.7% | 8.4% | 17.3% | Dominica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Dominica or High income?
- Dominica, at 25.2% against 8.9% in High income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food imports between Dominica and High income?
- 16.3%, with Dominica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and High income?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
- How do Dominica and High income rank globally for food imports?
- Dominica ranks 31st and High income ranks 32nd 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.