Samoa vs Tonga: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Samoa
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 29.9% against 29.6% in Samoa, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 17th and Tonga ranks 16th of 196 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30.9% | 34.4% | 3.6% | Tonga |
| 1980s | 23.7% | 29.5% | 5.9% | Tonga |
| 2000s | 24.9% | 23.3% | 1.5% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 26.2% | 27.7% | 1.5% | Tonga |
| 2020s | 30.2% | 30.4% | 0.3% | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Samoa or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 29.9% against 29.6% in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in food imports between Samoa and Tonga?
- 0.3%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tonga?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Tonga rank globally for food imports?
- Samoa ranks 17th and Tonga ranks 16th 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.