OECD members vs Saint Lucia: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- OECD members
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 27.6% against 9.3% in OECD members, a difference of 18.3%.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 3.0 times OECD members's.
Across all 44 years both countries report, Saint Lucia has been ahead every year.
OECD members ranks 25th and Saint Lucia ranks 23rd of 47 groups.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | OECD members | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.7% | 26.9% | 14.2% | Saint Lucia |
| 1980s | 10.3% | 24.3% | 14.0% | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 8.6% | 24.9% | 16.4% | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 22.6% | 15.6% | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 24.1% | 16.1% | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 27.6% | 18.6% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, OECD members or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 27.6% against 9.3% in OECD members as of 2020.
- What is the difference in food imports between OECD members and Saint Lucia?
- 18.3%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Saint Lucia?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2020.
- How do OECD members and Saint Lucia rank globally for food imports?
- OECD members ranks 25th and Saint Lucia ranks 23rd 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.