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

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — OECD

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in the OECD in 2024 — 1.29%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 5.86 pp.

2024 1.29% +0.02 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 7.85%1963
Period minimum 1.27%2023

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — OECD, 1962–20240246819621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 7.16%1964: 7.28%1966: 6.58%1968: 5.79%1970: 5.16%1972: 4.9%1974: 4.48%1976: 4.37%1978: 4.01%1980: 3.66%1982: 3.07%1984: 3.17%1986: 3.12%1988: 3.24%1990: 3%1992: 2.71%1994: 2.73%1996: 2.4%1998: 2.07%2000: 1.93%2002: 1.84%2004: 1.77%2006: 1.59%2008: 1.45%2010: 1.63%2012: 1.6%2014: 1.6%2016: 1.63%2018: 1.57%2020: 1.47%2022: 1.43%2024: 1.29%
Change over the period: −5.86 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: OECD

OECD 1.29%
World 1.19%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.29 +0.02 pp
2023 1.27 −0.16 pp
2022 1.43 −0.14 pp
2021 1.56 +0.09 pp
2020 1.47 +0.03 pp
2019 1.44 −0.13 pp
2018 1.57 −0.01 pp
2017 1.58 −0.05 pp
2016 1.63 +0.02 pp
2015 1.61 +0.01 pp
2014 1.6 −0.03 pp
2013 1.63 +0.03 pp
2012 1.6 −0.09 pp
2011 1.69 +0.06 pp
2010 1.63 +0.13 pp
2009 1.5 +0.05 pp
2008 1.45 −0.13 pp
2007 1.58 −0.01 pp
2006 1.59 −0.07 pp
2005 1.66 −0.11 pp
2004 1.77 −0.04 pp
2003 1.82 −0.02 pp
2002 1.84 −0 pp
2001 1.84 −0.09 pp
2000 1.93 −0.01 pp
1999 1.94 −0.13 pp
1998 2.07 −0.19 pp
1997 2.26 −0.14 pp
1996 2.4 −0.39 pp
1995 2.79 +0.06 pp
1994 2.73 +0.19 pp
1993 2.54 −0.17 pp
1992 2.71 −0.05 pp
1991 2.76 −0.23 pp
1990 3 −0.31 pp
1989 3.3 +0.06 pp
1988 3.24 −0.11 pp
1987 3.35 +0.23 pp
1986 3.12 +0.13 pp
1985 2.99 −0.18 pp
1984 3.17 +0.07 pp
1983 3.1 +0.04 pp
1982 3.07 −0.23 pp
1981 3.3 −0.36 pp
1980 3.66 −0.31 pp
1979 3.98 −0.03 pp
1978 4.01 −0.04 pp
1977 4.05 −0.33 pp
1976 4.37 +0.55 pp
1975 3.82 −0.66 pp
1974 4.48 −0.66 pp
1973 5.14 +0.24 pp
1972 4.9 +0.13 pp
1971 4.78 −0.38 pp
1970 5.16 −0.32 pp
1969 5.48 −0.31 pp
1968 5.79 −0.2 pp
1967 5.99 −0.58 pp
1966 6.58 −0.18 pp
1965 6.75 −0.52 pp
1964 7.28 −0.58 pp
1963 7.85 +0.7 pp
1962 7.16

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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