Somalia vs Sri Lanka: Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy
Somalia
455,799 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Sri Lanka
398,998 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Somalia rank
29th
Sri Lanka rank
32nd
Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy over time
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 455,799 rice milled equivalent against 398,998 rice milled equivalent in Sri Lanka, a difference of 56,801 rice milled equivalent.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Somalia ranks 29th and Sri Lanka ranks 32nd of 179 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,281 rice milled equivalent | 449,803 rice milled equivalent | 428,522 rice milled equivalent | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 27,969 rice milled equivalent | 357,159 rice milled equivalent | 329,190 rice milled equivalent | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 73,263 rice milled equivalent | 152,986 rice milled equivalent | 79,723 rice milled equivalent | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 87,000 rice milled equivalent | 170,385 rice milled equivalent | 83,385 rice milled equivalent | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 364,309 rice milled equivalent | 424,312 rice milled equivalent | 60,002 rice milled equivalent | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, paddy, Somalia or Sri Lanka?
- Somalia, at 455,799 rice milled equivalent against 398,998 rice milled equivalent in Sri Lanka as of 2019.
- What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, paddy between Somalia and Sri Lanka?
- 56,801 rice milled equivalent, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sri Lanka?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
- How do Somalia and Sri Lanka rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, paddy?
- Somalia ranks 29th and Sri Lanka ranks 32nd 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
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.