Samoa vs East Timor: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Samoa
- East Timor
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 29.6% against 28.1% in East Timor, a difference of 1.5%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 17th and East Timor ranks 20th of 196 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.3% | 18.4% | 4.0% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 27.2% | 25.3% | 1.9% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 30.2% | 29.6% | 0.5% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Samoa or East Timor?
- Samoa, at 29.6% against 28.1% in East Timor as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between Samoa and East Timor?
- 1.5%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and East Timor?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and East Timor rank globally for food imports?
- Samoa ranks 17th and East Timor ranks 20th 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.