El Salvador vs Jordan: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- El Salvador
- Jordan
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 20.7% against 20.0% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Jordan ahead.
El Salvador ranks 64th and Jordan ranks 62nd of 196 countries.
Jordan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Jordan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.8% | 30.0% | 14.2% | Jordan |
| 1970s | 11.8% | 26.1% | 14.4% | Jordan |
| 1980s | 15.6% | 18.8% | 3.2% | Jordan |
| 1990s | 16.3% | 22.1% | 5.8% | Jordan |
| 2000s | 14.1% | 16.3% | 2.2% | Jordan |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 18.2% | 1.2% | Jordan |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 21.4% | 2.2% | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, El Salvador or Jordan?
- Jordan, at 20.7% against 20.0% in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between El Salvador and Jordan?
- 0.7%, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jordan?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Jordan rank globally for food imports?
- El Salvador ranks 64th and Jordan ranks 62nd 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.