Pre-demographic dividend vs Tonga: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Pre-demographic dividend
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 29.9% against 14.5% in Pre-demographic dividend, a difference of 15.4%.
That makes Tonga's figure about 2.1 times Pre-demographic dividend's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 14th and Tonga ranks 16th of 47 groups.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pre-demographic dividend | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.2% | 35.1% | 20.9% | Tonga |
| 2000s | 13.8% | 24.8% | 11.0% | Tonga |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 27.1% | 11.6% | Tonga |
| 2020s | 15.6% | 30.4% | 14.9% | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Pre-demographic dividend or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 29.9% against 14.5% in Pre-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food imports between Pre-demographic dividend and Tonga?
- 15.4%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pre-demographic dividend and Tonga?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
- How do Pre-demographic dividend and Tonga rank globally for food imports?
- Pre-demographic dividend ranks 14th and Tonga ranks 16th 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.