Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Latin America & Caribbean

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 2.3%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 14.65 pp.

2024 2.3% +0.42 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 16.96%1962
Period minimum 1.84%2011

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Latin America & Caribbean, 1962–20240510152019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 16.96%1964: 13.24%1966: 13.87%1968: 11.35%1970: 8.75%1972: 8.35%1974: 6.51%1976: 6.73%1978: 5.55%1980: 4.27%1982: 3.54%1984: 3.59%1986: 3.19%1990: 3.15%1992: 3.19%1994: 3.32%1996: 3.2%1998: 2.7%2000: 2.76%2002: 2.61%2004: 2.35%2006: 1.95%2008: 1.9%2010: 1.92%2012: 1.85%2014: 2.09%2016: 2.44%2018: 2.56%2020: 2.42%2022: 2.04%2024: 2.3%
Change over the period: −14.65 pp Annual average: -0.24 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 2.3%
World 1.19%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.3 +0.42 pp
2023 1.89 −0.15 pp
2022 2.04 −0.05 pp
2021 2.09 −0.33 pp
2020 2.42 −0.1 pp
2019 2.52 −0.04 pp
2018 2.56 +0.22 pp
2017 2.34 −0.1 pp
2016 2.44 +0.05 pp
2015 2.39 +0.3 pp
2014 2.09 +0.21 pp
2013 1.88 +0.03 pp
2012 1.85 +0.01 pp
2011 1.84 −0.08 pp
2010 1.92 +0.03 pp
2009 1.89 −0.01 pp
2008 1.9 −0.14 pp
2007 2.04 +0.1 pp
2006 1.95 −0.17 pp
2005 2.11 −0.23 pp
2004 2.35 −0.22 pp
2003 2.56 −0.04 pp
2002 2.61 −0.07 pp
2001 2.68 −0.08 pp
2000 2.76 −0.07 pp
1999 2.83 +0.13 pp
1998 2.7 −0.13 pp
1997 2.83 −0.37 pp
1996 3.2 −0.74 pp
1995 3.94 +0.62 pp
1994 3.32 +0.19 pp
1993 3.14 −0.06 pp
1992 3.19 −0.17 pp
1991 3.36 +0.21 pp
1990 3.15
1987 3.37 +0.18 pp
1986 3.19 −0.02 pp
1985 3.2 −0.39 pp
1984 3.59 +0.29 pp
1983 3.3 −0.23 pp
1982 3.54 −0.49 pp
1981 4.03 −0.24 pp
1980 4.27 −0.49 pp
1979 4.76 −0.79 pp
1978 5.55 +0.41 pp
1977 5.14 −1.59 pp
1976 6.73 +0.49 pp
1975 6.23 −0.28 pp
1974 6.51 −0.46 pp
1973 6.97 −1.37 pp
1972 8.35 +1.14 pp
1971 7.2 −1.55 pp
1970 8.75 −3.13 pp
1969 11.88 +0.53 pp
1968 11.35 +0.47 pp
1967 10.88 −3 pp
1966 13.87 +0.3 pp
1965 13.57 +0.33 pp
1964 13.24 −1.04 pp
1963 14.28 −2.67 pp
1962 16.96

About the indicator

The share of agricultural raw materials in merchandise exports: cotton, natural rubber, rough timber, hides, wool, silk. The category is kept apart from food because this is an input to industry rather than to consumption: a country that ships out cotton and brings in fabric depends on foreign processing just as an ore supplier does. This series shows the countries where a timber or textile industry never took shape.

Important: Non-food raw materials: food and beverages do not enter. Timber is counted rough — sawn wood and furniture belong to manufactured exports.

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