Which has higher food imports, Haiti or IDA total?

Haiti, at 31.9% against 15.2% in IDA total as of 2017.

How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and IDA total?

8 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2017.

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.

Haiti vs IDA total: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

Haiti

31.9%

in 2017

IDA total

15.2%

in 2023

Haiti rank

10th

IDA total rank

8th

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time

Haiti
IDA total

How they compare

Haiti currently reports 31.9% against 15.2% in IDA total, a difference of 16.7%.

That makes Haiti's figure about 2.1 times IDA total's.

Across all 8 years both countries report, Haiti has been ahead every year.

Haiti ranks 10th and IDA total ranks 8th of 196 countries.

Haiti has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Haiti	IDA total	Difference	Ahead
1970s	25.7%	16.5%	9.2%	Haiti
2010s	33.3%	15.3%	17.9%	Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food imports, Haiti or IDA total?: Haiti, at 31.9% against 15.2% in IDA total as of 2017.
What is the difference in food imports between Haiti and IDA total?: 16.7%, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and IDA total?: 8 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2017.
How do Haiti and IDA total rank globally for food imports?: Haiti ranks 10th and IDA total ranks 8th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Haiti vs IDA total: Food imports. Statizoid, drawing on Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Retrieved 08 November 2026, from https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/food-imports-percent-of-merchandise-imports/haiti/ida-total/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/food-imports-percent-of-merchandise-imports/haiti/ida-total/">Haiti vs IDA total: Food imports</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Unit: % of merchandise imports
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 10,133 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

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.