El Salvador vs Togo: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- El Salvador
- Togo
How they compare
Togo currently reports 20.6% against 20.0% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Togo ahead.
El Salvador ranks 64th and Togo ranks 63rd of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Togo in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.9% | 21.9% | 6.0% | Togo |
| 1970s | 11.8% | 17.0% | 5.3% | Togo |
| 1980s | 15.6% | 23.4% | 7.8% | Togo |
| 1990s | 16.4% | 18.6% | 2.1% | Togo |
| 2000s | 14.2% | 16.9% | 2.7% | Togo |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 15.2% | 1.8% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 19.3% | 17.8% | 1.5% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, El Salvador or Togo?
- Togo, at 20.6% against 20.0% in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food imports between El Salvador and Togo?
- 0.6%, with Togo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Togo?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Togo rank globally for food imports?
- El Salvador ranks 64th and Togo ranks 63rd 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.