Kiribati vs Low income: Food imports
Food imports over time
- Kiribati
- Low income
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 41.4% against 17.6% in Low income, a difference of 23.8%.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 2.4 times Low income's.
Across all 15 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.
Kiribati ranks 3rd and Low income ranks 4th of 196 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Low income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37.3% | 15.2% | 22.2% | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 37.8% | 17.4% | 20.4% | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Kiribati or Low income?
- Kiribati, at 41.4% against 17.6% in Low income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in food imports between Kiribati and Low income?
- 23.8%, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Low income?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2018.
- How do Kiribati and Low income rank globally for food imports?
- Kiribati ranks 3rd and Low income ranks 4th 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.