Sri Lanka vs Türkiye: Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy

Sri Lanka
398,998 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Türkiye
443,210 rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Sri Lanka rank
32nd
Türkiye rank
30th

Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy over time

  • Sri Lanka
  • Türkiye
-1.0M-500.0k0500.0k196119902019

How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 443,210 rice milled equivalent against 398,998 rice milled equivalent in Sri Lanka, a difference of 44,212 rice milled equivalent.

That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 32nd and Türkiye ranks 30th of 179 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Türkiye Difference Ahead
1960s 449,803 rice milled equivalent -14,847 rice milled equivalent 464,651 rice milled equivalent Sri Lanka
1970s 357,159 rice milled equivalent -19,929 rice milled equivalent 377,088 rice milled equivalent Sri Lanka
1980s 152,986 rice milled equivalent -166,604 rice milled equivalent 319,590 rice milled equivalent Sri Lanka
1990s 168,969 rice milled equivalent -341,313 rice milled equivalent 510,282 rice milled equivalent Sri Lanka
2000s 80,748 rice milled equivalent -1,251 rice milled equivalent 81,998 rice milled equivalent Sri Lanka
2010s 266,497 rice milled equivalent 224,017 rice milled equivalent 42,480 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, Sri Lanka or Türkiye?
Türkiye, at 443,210 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 Sri Lanka and Türkiye?
44,212 rice milled equivalent, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Türkiye?
59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Sri Lanka and Türkiye rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, paddy?
Sri Lanka ranks 32nd and Türkiye ranks 30th 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.