Mauritania vs Post-demographic dividend: Food imports
Food imports over time
- Mauritania
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 23.9% against 8.7% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 15.2%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 2.7 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Post-demographic dividend ahead.
Mauritania ranks 35th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 37th of 196 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 4 and Post-demographic dividend in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.1% | 19.6% | 7.5% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 1970s | 23.4% | 15.7% | 7.7% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 21.2% | 6.8% | 14.5% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 15.5% | 7.8% | 7.7% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 25.6% | 8.3% | 17.3% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Mauritania or Post-demographic dividend?
- Mauritania, at 23.9% against 8.7% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between Mauritania and Post-demographic dividend?
- 15.2%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Post-demographic dividend?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for food imports?
- Mauritania ranks 35th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 37th of 196 countries.
- 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.