Late-demographic dividend vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

Late-demographic dividend
8.6%
in 2025
Turks and Caicos Islands
25.3%
in 2012
Late-demographic dividend rank
32nd
Turks and Caicos Islands rank
31st

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time

  • Late-demographic dividend
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
510152025198420042025

How they compare

Turks and Caicos Islands currently reports 25.3% against 8.6% in Late-demographic dividend, a difference of 16.7%.

That makes Turks and Caicos Islands's figure about 2.9 times Late-demographic dividend's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.

Late-demographic dividend ranks 32nd and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 31st of 47 groups.

Turks and Caicos Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Late-demographic dividend Turks and Caicos Islands Difference Ahead
1990s 7.3% 20.0% 12.7% Turks and Caicos Islands
2000s 6.4% 10.3% 3.9% Turks and Caicos Islands
2010s 7.0% 25.6% 18.6% Turks and Caicos Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food imports, Late-demographic dividend or Turks and Caicos Islands?
Turks and Caicos Islands, at 25.3% against 8.6% in Late-demographic dividend as of 2012.
What is the difference in food imports between Late-demographic dividend and Turks and Caicos Islands?
16.7%, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Late-demographic dividend and Turks and Caicos Islands?
13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2012.
How do Late-demographic dividend and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for food imports?
Late-demographic dividend ranks 32nd and Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 31st 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

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

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.