Lower middle income vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

Lower middle income
9.0%
in 2025
Turks and Caicos Islands
25.3%
in 2012
Lower middle income rank
28th
Turks and Caicos Islands rank
31st

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
51015202530196219932025

How they compare

Turks and Caicos Islands currently reports 25.3% against 9.0% in Lower middle income, a difference of 16.3%.

That makes Turks and Caicos Islands's figure about 2.8 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 28th 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 Lower middle income Turks and Caicos Islands Difference Ahead
1990s 12.0% 20.0% 8.0% Turks and Caicos Islands
2000s 10.1% 10.3% 0.2% Turks and Caicos Islands
2010s 10.6% 25.6% 15.0% Turks and Caicos Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food imports, Lower middle income or Turks and Caicos Islands?
Turks and Caicos Islands, at 25.3% against 9.0% in Lower middle income as of 2012.
What is the difference in food imports between Lower middle income and Turks and Caicos Islands?
16.3%, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Turks and Caicos Islands?
13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2012.
How do Lower middle income and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for food imports?
Lower middle income ranks 28th 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.