Euro area vs Samoa: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Euro area
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 29.6% against 11.6% in Euro area, a difference of 18.0%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 2.6 times Euro area's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Euro area ranks 20th and Samoa ranks 17th of 47 groups.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Euro area | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.7% | 38.5% | 19.8% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 15.0% | 31.8% | 16.8% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 12.3% | 23.7% | 11.3% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 8.3% | 24.9% | 16.5% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 9.7% | 26.5% | 16.8% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 30.0% | 20.2% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Euro area or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 29.6% against 11.6% in Euro area as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between Euro area and Samoa?
- 18.0%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Samoa?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Euro area and Samoa rank globally for food imports?
- Euro area ranks 20th and Samoa ranks 17th of 47 groups.
- 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.