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

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central America

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Central America in 2024 — 0.33%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 18.62 pp.

2024 0.33% +0.04 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 18.95%1965
Period minimum 0.29%2023

Trend over time

1965–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central America, 1965–202405101520196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 18.95%1966: 17.79%1967: 13.57%1968: 13.73%1969: 13.39%1970: 9.65%1971: 8.84%1972: 11.56%1973: 9.81%1974: 10.78%1975: 9.82%1976: 10.59%1977: 8.6%1978: 8.64%1979: 6.99%1980: 3.82%1981: 3.16%1982: 2.41%1983: 2.04%1984: 2.36%1985: 1.86%1986: 1.74%1987: 1.7%1993: 1.38%1994: 1.58%1995: 1.59%1996: 1.46%1997: 1.24%1998: 1.02%1999: 0.81%2000: 0.74%2001: 0.76%2002: 0.78%2003: 0.76%2004: 0.78%2005: 0.7%2006: 0.65%2007: 0.56%2008: 0.54%2009: 0.53%2010: 0.61%2011: 0.7%2012: 0.68%2013: 0.67%2014: 0.6%2015: 0.57%2016: 0.56%2017: 0.57%2018: 0.54%2019: 0.49%2020: 0.44%2021: 0.37%2022: 0.3%2023: 0.29%2024: 0.33%
Change over the period: −18.62 pp Annual average: -0.32 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 0.33%
World 1.19%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.33 +0.04 pp
2023 0.29 −0.01 pp
2022 0.3 −0.07 pp
2021 0.37 −0.07 pp
2020 0.44 −0.05 pp
2019 0.49 −0.05 pp
2018 0.54 −0.03 pp
2017 0.57 +0.01 pp
2016 0.56 −0.01 pp
2015 0.57 −0.03 pp
2014 0.6 −0.07 pp
2013 0.67 −0.01 pp
2012 0.68 −0.03 pp
2011 0.7 +0.1 pp
2010 0.61 +0.08 pp
2009 0.53 −0.01 pp
2008 0.54 −0.02 pp
2007 0.56 −0.1 pp
2006 0.65 −0.05 pp
2005 0.7 −0.08 pp
2004 0.78 +0.02 pp
2003 0.76 −0.02 pp
2002 0.78 +0.02 pp
2001 0.76 +0.02 pp
2000 0.74 −0.08 pp
1999 0.81 −0.21 pp
1998 1.02 −0.22 pp
1997 1.24 −0.22 pp
1996 1.46 −0.12 pp
1995 1.59 +0.01 pp
1994 1.58 +0.2 pp
1993 1.38
1987 1.7 −0.04 pp
1986 1.74 −0.12 pp
1985 1.86 −0.49 pp
1984 2.36 +0.31 pp
1983 2.04 −0.36 pp
1982 2.41 −0.75 pp
1981 3.16 −0.65 pp
1980 3.82 −3.17 pp
1979 6.99 −1.65 pp
1978 8.64 +0.04 pp
1977 8.6 −1.99 pp
1976 10.59 +0.77 pp
1975 9.82 −0.96 pp
1974 10.78 +0.97 pp
1973 9.81 −1.75 pp
1972 11.56 +2.72 pp
1971 8.84 −0.81 pp
1970 9.65 −3.74 pp
1969 13.39 −0.34 pp
1968 13.73 +0.16 pp
1967 13.57 −4.23 pp
1966 17.79 −1.16 pp
1965 18.95

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.