Lower middle income vs Seychelles: Food imports

Lower middle income
9.8%
in 2024
Seychelles
26.1%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
24th
Seychelles rank
26th

Food imports over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Seychelles
102030196219932024

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 26.1% against 9.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 16.3%.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 2.7 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Seychelles ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 24th and Seychelles ranks 26th of 47 groups.

Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Seychelles Difference Ahead
1970s 18.4% 26.2% 7.8% Seychelles
1980s 13.7% 20.1% 6.4% Seychelles
1990s 10.9% 22.1% 11.3% Seychelles
2000s 10.1% 22.9% 12.7% Seychelles
2010s 10.3% 20.3% 10.0% Seychelles
2020s 10.8% 19.9% 9.0% Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food imports, Lower middle income or Seychelles?
Seychelles, at 26.1% against 9.8% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in food imports between Lower middle income and Seychelles?
16.3%, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Seychelles?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Seychelles rank globally for food imports?
Lower middle income ranks 24th and Seychelles ranks 26th 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, 9,994 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.