Low & middle income vs Mauritania: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Low & middle income
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 23.9% against 8.4% in Low & middle income, a difference of 15.5%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 2.9 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.
Low & middle income ranks 38th and Mauritania ranks 37th of 47 groups.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low & middle income | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.8% | 21.2% | 14.4% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 15.5% | 7.4% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 9.4% | 25.6% | 16.2% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Low & middle income or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 23.9% against 8.4% in Low & middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between Low & middle income and Mauritania?
- 15.5%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Mauritania?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Low & middle income and Mauritania rank globally for food imports?
- Low & middle income ranks 38th and Mauritania ranks 37th 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.