Seychelles vs World: Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) over time
- Seychelles
- World
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 26.1% against 8.9% in World, a difference of 17.2%.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 2.9 times World's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, Seychelles has been ahead every year.
Seychelles ranks 27th and World ranks 30th of 196 countries.
Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Seychelles | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.2% | 13.6% | 12.6% | Seychelles |
| 1980s | 20.3% | 10.3% | 9.9% | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 22.0% | 8.3% | 13.7% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 22.9% | 7.0% | 15.9% | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 20.3% | 8.0% | 12.3% | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 19.9% | 8.8% | 11.1% | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Seychelles or World?
- Seychelles, at 26.1% against 8.9% in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in food imports between Seychelles and World?
- 17.2%, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and World?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Seychelles and World rank globally for food imports?
- Seychelles ranks 27th and World ranks 30th 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.