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Import volume index, food by country

Total food imports volume index with 1987=100.

Countries reporting
37
Highest
243.02 million
Mauritania
Lowest
0
Namibia
Median
143.1
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
1,068

What the numbers show

Import volume index, food is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 243.02 million in Mauritania; the lowest is 0 in Namibia.

The median across all reporting countries is 143.1, and the mean is 6.57 million.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 198.1%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 100.0%).

Import volume index, food: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mauritania 243.02 million 2011 up 158.3% rising
2 Ghana 1,527 2010 up 114.5% volatile
3 Mozambique 841.98 2011 up 147.1% volatile
4 Seychelles 804.24 2010 up 134.9% volatile
5 Gambia 618.66 2004 up 7.9% rising
6 Comoros 251.38 1996 up 3.5% rising
7 Morocco 232.43 2011 up 40.4% rising
8 Kenya 220.8 2010 up 125.1% volatile
9 Mali 211.45 2001 up 33.2% rising
10 Rwanda 187.93 2000 up 69.7% volatile
11 Madagascar 186.86 2009 up 189.1% rising
12 Guinea-Bissau 184.99 2011 up 8.1% rising
13 Cameroon 173.42 2007 up 74.3% rising
14 South Africa 163.63 2004 up 198.1% rising
15 Tunisia 162.56 1999 up 15.1% rising
16 Congo 159.93 2006 up 61.3% volatile
17 Cote d'Ivoire 159.18 2011 up 57.8% rising
18 Senegal 145.38 2011 up 35.0% rising
19 Eswatini 143.1 2010 up 43.1% rising
20 Nigeria 132.31 1997 up 32.3% volatile
21 Cape Verde 122.75 2000 up 25.8% rising
22 Botswana 122.24 2011 up 27.6% rising
23 Sierra Leone 116.62 1997 up 16.6% rising
24 Burundi 113.39 2002 up 13.6% rising
25 Algeria 111.55 2003 down 24.6% flat
26 Malawi 100.48 2009 up 7.5% rising
27 Angola 100 1997 up 19.6% falling
28 Zambia 94.89 2002 down 95.1% volatile
29 Mauritius 94.45 2011 up 29.6% rising
30 Sao Tome and Principe 88.76 2003 down 26.8% falling
31 Chad 87.77 1994 down 12.2% falling
32 Togo 87.12 1990 up 7.0% flat
33 Sudan 82.31 1989 up 37.8% rising
34 Egypt 81.57 2000 down 27.5% flat
35 Zimbabwe 47.96 2011 up 168.2% volatile
36 Guinea 0.001 2005 down 100.0% volatile
37 Namibia 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Import volume index, food
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
42 places, 1,068 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Total food imports volume index with 1987=100.