China (People's Republic of) vs Egypt: Net food imports by crop - Soybeans

China (People's Republic of)
91.29 million
in 2019
Egypt
4.26 million
in 2019
China (People's Republic of) rank
1st
Egypt rank
3rd

Net food imports by crop - Soybeans over time

  • China (People's Republic of)
  • Egypt
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How they compare

China (People's Republic of) currently reports 91.29 million against 4.26 million in Egypt, a difference of 87.03 million.

That makes China (People's Republic of)'s figure about 21.4 times Egypt's.

Across all 59 years both countries report, China (People's Republic of) has been ahead every year.

China (People's Republic of) ranks 1st and Egypt ranks 3rd of 165 countries.

China (People's Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People's Republic of) Egypt Difference Ahead
1960s 251,549 -917.11 252,466 China (People's Republic of)
1970s 948,341 11,488 936,853 China (People's Republic of)
1980s 1.75 million 25,484 1.73 million China (People's Republic of)
1990s 3.58 million 68,285 3.51 million China (People's Republic of)
2000s 26.59 million 639,907 25.95 million China (People's Republic of)
2010s 76.32 million 2.19 million 74.13 million China (People's Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - soybeans, China (People's Republic of) or Egypt?
China (People's Republic of), at 91.29 million against 4.26 million in Egypt as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - soybeans between China (People's Republic of) and Egypt?
87.03 million, with China (People's Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People's Republic of) and Egypt?
59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do China (People's Republic of) and Egypt rank globally for net food imports by crop - soybeans?
China (People's Republic of) ranks 1st and Egypt ranks 3rd of 165 countries.
Where does this data come from?
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as Net food imports by crop - Soybeans. 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 - Soybeans
Source
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
165 places, 6,626 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.