Bulgaria vs Latvia: Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy

Bulgaria
-208,565 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Latvia
-197,254 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Bulgaria rank
164th
Latvia rank
163rd

Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Latvia
-600.0k-400.0k-200.0k0196119902019

How they compare

Latvia currently reports -197,254 rice milled equivalent against -208,565 rice milled equivalent in Bulgaria, a difference of 11,311 rice milled equivalent.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 164th and Latvia ranks 163rd of 179 countries.

Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Latvia Difference Ahead
1990s -2,394 rice milled equivalent 2,831 rice milled equivalent 5,225 rice milled equivalent Latvia
2000s -262,324 rice milled equivalent -40,720 rice milled equivalent 221,604 rice milled equivalent Latvia
2010s -344,121 rice milled equivalent -140,443 rice milled equivalent 203,677 rice milled equivalent Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, paddy, Bulgaria or Latvia?
Latvia, at -197,254 rice milled equivalent against -208,565 rice milled equivalent in Bulgaria as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, paddy between Bulgaria and Latvia?
11,311 rice milled equivalent, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Latvia?
26 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2019.
How do Bulgaria and Latvia rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, paddy?
Bulgaria ranks 164th and Latvia ranks 163rd of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy (rice milled equivalent). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy (rice milled equivalent)
Unit
rice milled equivalent
Source
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 7,665 data points, 1961–2019
Last refreshed

Net food imports are generated from FAOSTAT, taking Export level (tonnes) from the Import level (tonnes) [both under Trade: Crops and Livestock Products]. Net food imports are a proxy for the country's vulnerability to global food prices.