Vanuatu vs World: Food imports
Food imports over time
- Vanuatu
- World
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 25.0% against 8.9% in World, a difference of 16.1%.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 2.8 times World's.
Across all 18 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.
Vanuatu ranks 32nd and World ranks 34th of 196 countries.
Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Vanuatu | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27.9% | 14.7% | 13.2% | Vanuatu |
| 1980s | 28.5% | 10.7% | 17.8% | Vanuatu |
| 1990s | 21.4% | 8.2% | 13.2% | Vanuatu |
| 2000s | 21.2% | 6.9% | 14.4% | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | 24.1% | 7.5% | 16.6% | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher food imports, Vanuatu or World?
- Vanuatu, at 25.0% against 8.9% in World as of 2011.
- What is the difference in food imports between Vanuatu and World?
- 16.1%, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Vanuatu and World?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2011.
- How do Vanuatu and World rank globally for food imports?
- Vanuatu ranks 32nd and World ranks 34th 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.