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

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Lower-middle-income countries

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 1.79%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.19 pp.

2023 1.79% +0.01 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 3.87%2012
Period minimum 1.77%2018

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–202312342000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1.98%2001: 1.97%2002: 1.9%2003: 1.95%2004: 2.2%2005: 1.99%2006: 1.86%2007: 2.07%2008: 1.97%2009: 1.91%2010: 2.08%2011: 2.94%2012: 3.87%2013: 2.44%2014: 1.91%2015: 1.83%2016: 1.85%2017: 1.78%2018: 1.77%2019: 1.8%2020: 1.96%2021: 2.07%2022: 1.78%2023: 1.79%
Change over the period: −0.19 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 1.79%
World 1.15%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.79 +0.01 pp
2022 1.78 −0.29 pp
2021 2.07 +0.11 pp
2020 1.96 +0.16 pp
2019 1.8 +0.02 pp
2018 1.77 −0.01 pp
2017 1.78 −0.07 pp
2016 1.85 +0.02 pp
2015 1.83 −0.08 pp
2014 1.91 −0.53 pp
2013 2.44 −1.43 pp
2012 3.87 +0.94 pp
2011 2.94 +0.85 pp
2010 2.08 +0.17 pp
2009 1.91 −0.06 pp
2008 1.97 −0.1 pp
2007 2.07 +0.21 pp
2006 1.86 −0.13 pp
2005 1.99 −0.2 pp
2004 2.2 +0.25 pp
2003 1.95 +0.05 pp
2002 1.9 −0.06 pp
2001 1.97 −0.01 pp
2000 1.98

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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.