Post-demographic dividend vs Turks and Caicos Islands: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Post-demographic dividend
- Turks and Caicos Islands
How they compare
Turks and Caicos Islands currently reports 25.3% against 8.9% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 16.4%.
That makes Turks and Caicos Islands's figure about 2.9 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 29th 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 | Post-demographic dividend | Turks and Caicos Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.6% | 20.0% | 12.4% | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2000s | 6.8% | 10.3% | 3.5% | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 25.6% | 18.3% | Turks and Caicos Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Post-demographic dividend or Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Turks and Caicos Islands, at 25.3% against 8.9% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2012.
- What is the difference in food imports between Post-demographic dividend and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 16.4%, with Turks and Caicos Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Post-demographic dividend and Turks and Caicos Islands?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2012.
- How do Post-demographic dividend and Turks and Caicos Islands rank globally for food imports?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 29th 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
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.