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

Bulgaria
-208,565 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Sweden
-148,800 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Bulgaria rank
164th
Sweden rank
162nd

Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Sweden
-600.0k-400.0k-200.0k0200.0k196119902019

How they compare

Sweden currently reports -148,800 rice milled equivalent against -208,565 rice milled equivalent in Bulgaria, a difference of 59,765 rice milled equivalent.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 164th and Sweden ranks 162nd of 179 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 20,054 rice milled equivalent -101,460 rice milled equivalent 121,514 rice milled equivalent Bulgaria
1970s -4,728 rice milled equivalent -179,528 rice milled equivalent 174,800 rice milled equivalent Bulgaria
1980s 12,283 rice milled equivalent -160,489 rice milled equivalent 172,772 rice milled equivalent Bulgaria
1990s -8,278 rice milled equivalent -234,476 rice milled equivalent 226,198 rice milled equivalent Bulgaria
2000s -262,324 rice milled equivalent -233,148 rice milled equivalent 29,176 rice milled equivalent Sweden
2010s -344,121 rice milled equivalent -340,047 rice milled equivalent 4,074 rice milled equivalent Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, paddy, Bulgaria or Sweden?
Sweden, at -148,800 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 Sweden?
59,765 rice milled equivalent, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sweden?
59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Bulgaria and Sweden rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, paddy?
Bulgaria ranks 164th and Sweden ranks 162nd 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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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.