High income vs Mauritania: Food imports
Food imports over time
- High income
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 23.9% against 8.9% in High income, a difference of 15.0%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 2.7 times High income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1962 it was High income ahead.
High income ranks 32nd and Mauritania ranks 35th of 47 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.5% | 12.1% | 7.4% | High income |
| 1970s | 15.6% | 23.4% | 7.7% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 7.1% | 21.2% | 14.2% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 15.5% | 7.5% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 8.5% | 25.6% | 17.1% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, High income or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 23.9% against 8.9% in High income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between High income and Mauritania?
- 15.0%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Mauritania?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do High income and Mauritania rank globally for food imports?
- High income ranks 32nd and Mauritania ranks 35th 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.