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

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — South Asia

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in South Asia in 2024 — 0.97%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 8.65 pp.

2024 0.97% +0.06 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 9.62%1962
Period minimum 0.91%2023

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — South Asia, 1962–202402.557.51019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 9.62%1964: 8.41%1966: 8.17%1968: 6.23%1970: 6.3%1972: 6.24%1974: 6.8%1976: 4.9%1978: 5.49%1980: 6.97%1982: 5.11%1984: 4.27%1986: 4.77%1988: 1.97%1990: 4.4%1992: 2.01%1994: 1.36%1996: 2.49%1998: 1.66%2000: 1.29%2002: 1.08%2004: 1.24%2006: 1.74%2008: 1.76%2010: 2.26%2012: 3.78%2014: 2.19%2016: 1.52%2018: 1.49%2020: 1.41%2022: 1.01%2024: 0.97%
Change over the period: −8.65 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 0.97%
World 1.19%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.97 +0.06 pp
2023 0.91 −0.1 pp
2022 1.01 −0.51 pp
2021 1.53 +0.11 pp
2020 1.41 +0.22 pp
2019 1.2 −0.29 pp
2018 1.49 +0.01 pp
2017 1.47 −0.04 pp
2016 1.52 −0.18 pp
2015 1.69 −0.5 pp
2014 2.19 −0.45 pp
2013 2.64 −1.14 pp
2012 3.78 +1.32 pp
2011 2.45 +0.2 pp
2010 2.26 +0.87 pp
2009 1.38 −0.37 pp
2008 1.76 −0.35 pp
2007 2.11 +0.37 pp
2006 1.74 +0.4 pp
2005 1.34 +0.1 pp
2004 1.24 +0.15 pp
2003 1.1 +0.02 pp
2002 1.08 −0.06 pp
2001 1.14 −0.15 pp
2000 1.29 −0.15 pp
1999 1.44 −0.22 pp
1998 1.66 −0.41 pp
1997 2.07 −0.41 pp
1996 2.49 +1.05 pp
1995 1.44 +0.08 pp
1994 1.36 −0.8 pp
1993 2.16 +0.15 pp
1992 2.01 −0.45 pp
1991 2.46 −1.94 pp
1990 4.4 +1.76 pp
1989 2.64 +0.66 pp
1988 1.97 −1.66 pp
1987 3.63 −1.13 pp
1986 4.77 +0.6 pp
1985 4.17 −0.1 pp
1984 4.27 −0.86 pp
1983 5.12 +0.02 pp
1982 5.11 −0.81 pp
1981 5.91 −1.05 pp
1980 6.97 +0.86 pp
1979 6.1 +0.61 pp
1978 5.49 −0.68 pp
1977 6.17 +1.27 pp
1976 4.9 +0.25 pp
1975 4.66 −2.15 pp
1974 6.8 +1.73 pp
1973 5.08 −1.17 pp
1972 6.24 +0.3 pp
1971 5.95 −0.36 pp
1970 6.3 −0.14 pp
1969 6.45 +0.22 pp
1968 6.23 −1.05 pp
1967 7.28 −0.89 pp
1966 8.17 +0.04 pp
1965 8.13 −0.28 pp
1964 8.41 −0.2 pp
1963 8.61 −1.01 pp
1962 9.62

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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