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

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

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in OPEC in 2019 — 0.12%. Since 1968, the indicator has fallen by 1.21 pp.

2019 0.12% −0.01 pp vs 2018
World rank
Period maximum 2.43%1973
Period minimum 0.03%1981

Trend over time

1968–2019 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — OPEC, 1968–2019012319681974198019861992199820042010201620191968: 1.32%1969: 1.33%1970: 1.32%1971: 1.38%1972: 2.39%1973: 2.43%1974: 1.43%1975: 1.3%1976: 1.03%1977: 0.09%1978: 0.08%1979: 0.09%1981: 0.03%1998: 0.23%1999: 0.16%2000: 0.11%2001: 0.13%2002: 0.13%2003: 0.09%2004: 0.08%2005: 0.07%2006: 0.09%2007: 0.1%2008: 0.1%2009: 0.12%2010: 0.21%2011: 0.61%2012: 0.76%2013: 0.29%2014: 0.12%2015: 0.13%2016: 0.11%2017: 0.13%2018: 0.13%2019: 0.12%
Change over the period: −1.21 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

OPEC 0.12%
World 1.34%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 0.12 −0.01 pp
2018 0.13 −0 pp
2017 0.13 +0.02 pp
2016 0.11 −0.02 pp
2015 0.13 +0.01 pp
2014 0.12 −0.17 pp
2013 0.29 −0.48 pp
2012 0.76 +0.15 pp
2011 0.61 +0.41 pp
2010 0.21 +0.08 pp
2009 0.12 +0.02 pp
2008 0.1 −0 pp
2007 0.1 +0.01 pp
2006 0.09 +0.02 pp
2005 0.07 −0.01 pp
2004 0.08 −0.01 pp
2003 0.09 −0.04 pp
2002 0.13 +0 pp
2001 0.13 +0.02 pp
2000 0.11 −0.05 pp
1999 0.16 −0.07 pp
1998 0.23
1981 0.03
1979 0.09 +0.01 pp
1978 0.08 −0.01 pp
1977 0.09 −0.94 pp
1976 1.03 −0.28 pp
1975 1.3 −0.13 pp
1974 1.43 −1 pp
1973 2.43 +0.05 pp
1972 2.39 +1 pp
1971 1.38 +0.06 pp
1970 1.32 −0.01 pp
1969 1.33 +0.01 pp
1968 1.32

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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