Lower middle income vs Tonga: Food imports
Food imports over time
- Lower middle income
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 27.5% against 9.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 17.7%.
That makes Tonga's figure about 2.8 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 24th and Tonga ranks 22nd of 47 groups.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18.6% | 34.4% | 15.8% | Tonga |
| 1980s | 13.7% | 29.4% | 15.7% | Tonga |
| 2000s | 10.1% | 23.3% | 13.2% | Tonga |
| 2010s | 10.2% | 27.7% | 17.6% | Tonga |
| 2020s | 11.1% | 30.1% | 19.1% | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Lower middle income or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 27.5% against 9.8% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in food imports between Lower middle income and Tonga?
- 17.7%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Tonga?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
- How do Lower middle income and Tonga rank globally for food imports?
- Lower middle income ranks 24th and Tonga ranks 22nd 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.