Haiti vs IDA only: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Haiti
- IDA only
How they compare
Haiti currently reports 31.9% against 15.2% in IDA only, a difference of 16.7%.
That makes Haiti's figure about 2.1 times IDA only's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Haiti has been ahead every year.
Haiti ranks 10th and IDA only ranks 10th of 196 countries.
Haiti has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Haiti | IDA only | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27.8% | 16.1% | 11.8% | Haiti |
| 2010s | 33.3% | 15.9% | 17.4% | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Haiti or IDA only?
- Haiti, at 31.9% against 15.2% in IDA only as of 2017.
- What is the difference in food imports between Haiti and IDA only?
- 16.7%, with Haiti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and IDA only?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2017.
- How do Haiti and IDA only rank globally for food imports?
- Haiti ranks 10th and IDA only ranks 10th 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.