India vs Malta: Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy

India
3,892 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Malta
3,849 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
India rank
130th
Malta rank
131st

Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy over time

  • India
  • Malta
-500.0k0500.0k1.0M196119902019

How they compare

India currently reports 3,892 rice milled equivalent against 3,849 rice milled equivalent in Malta, a difference of 43 rice milled equivalent.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

India ranks 130th and Malta ranks 131st of 179 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, India averaged higher in 4 and Malta in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Malta Difference Ahead
1960s 822,981 rice milled equivalent 888.56 rice milled equivalent 822,093 rice milled equivalent India
1970s 252,950 rice milled equivalent -1,986 rice milled equivalent 254,936 rice milled equivalent India
1980s 198,316 rice milled equivalent 1,216 rice milled equivalent 197,100 rice milled equivalent India
1990s 64,014 rice milled equivalent 1,410 rice milled equivalent 62,604 rice milled equivalent India
2000s -55,678 rice milled equivalent 1,981 rice milled equivalent 57,659 rice milled equivalent Malta
2010s -131,791 rice milled equivalent 2,344 rice milled equivalent 134,135 rice milled equivalent Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, paddy, India or Malta?
India, at 3,892 rice milled equivalent against 3,849 rice milled equivalent in Malta as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, paddy between India and Malta?
43 rice milled equivalent, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Malta?
53 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do India and Malta rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, paddy?
India ranks 130th and Malta ranks 131st 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.