Costa Rica vs Uganda: Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy

Costa Rica
150,116 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Uganda
163,018 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
59th
Uganda rank
56th

Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Uganda
-200.0k-100.0k0100.0k200.0k196119902019

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 163,018 rice milled equivalent against 150,116 rice milled equivalent in Costa Rica, a difference of 12,902 rice milled equivalent.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 59th and Uganda ranks 56th of 179 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uganda Difference Ahead
2000s 93,580 rice milled equivalent 67,074 rice milled equivalent 26,506 rice milled equivalent Costa Rica
2010s 98,224 rice milled equivalent 81,123 rice milled equivalent 17,101 rice milled equivalent Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, paddy, Costa Rica or Uganda?
Uganda, at 163,018 rice milled equivalent against 150,116 rice milled equivalent in Costa Rica as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, paddy between Costa Rica and Uganda?
12,902 rice milled equivalent, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uganda?
14 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Uganda rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, paddy?
Costa Rica ranks 59th and Uganda ranks 56th 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.