Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Net food imports by crop - Wheat, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0547 units per person
in 2019
El Salvador
0.0527 units per person
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
52nd
El Salvador rank
54th

Net food imports by crop - Wheat, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
00.020.040.06196119902019

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0547 units per person against 0.0527 units per person in El Salvador, a difference of 0.002 units per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 52nd and El Salvador ranks 54th of 174 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and El Salvador in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica El Salvador Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0124 units per person 0.0125 units per person 0.0001 units per person El Salvador
1970s 0.0365 units per person 0.0174 units per person 0.0191 units per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.0426 units per person 0.025 units per person 0.0176 units per person Costa Rica
1990s 0.0456 units per person 0.0329 units per person 0.0127 units per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.0491 units per person 0.0393 units per person 0.0097 units per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.0532 units per person 0.0445 units per person 0.0088 units per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - wheat, per capita, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
Costa Rica, at 0.0547 units per person against 0.0527 units per person in El Salvador as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - wheat, per capita between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
0.002 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for net food imports by crop - wheat, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 52nd and El Salvador ranks 54th of 174 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Net food imports by crop - Wheat, per capita. 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 - Wheat, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
174 places, 7,762 data points, 1961–2019
Last refreshed

Net food imports by crop - Wheat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.