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

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Eastern Africa

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Eastern Africa in 2023 — 3%. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 2.08 pp.

2023 3% −0.02 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 9.4%2004
Period minimum 2.66%2014

Trend over time

1995–2023 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Eastern Africa, 1995–202302.557.51019951998200120042007201020132016201920221995: 5.08%1996: 5.27%1997: 7.85%1999: 7.99%2000: 7.76%2001: 7.73%2002: 6.63%2003: 7.53%2004: 9.4%2005: 7.47%2006: 6.97%2007: 6.09%2008: 7.17%2009: 7.73%2010: 4.85%2011: 3.95%2012: 3.84%2013: 4.35%2014: 2.66%2015: 3.72%2016: 3.71%2017: 3.66%2018: 3.19%2019: 4.21%2020: 3.79%2021: 3.73%2022: 3.02%2023: 3%
Change over the period: −2.08 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Africa 3%
World 1.15%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 3 −0.02 pp
2022 3.02 −0.71 pp
2021 3.73 −0.06 pp
2020 3.79 −0.42 pp
2019 4.21 +1.03 pp
2018 3.19 −0.47 pp
2017 3.66 −0.05 pp
2016 3.71 −0.01 pp
2015 3.72 +1.06 pp
2014 2.66 −1.69 pp
2013 4.35 +0.51 pp
2012 3.84 −0.11 pp
2011 3.95 −0.9 pp
2010 4.85 −2.88 pp
2009 7.73 +0.56 pp
2008 7.17 +1.07 pp
2007 6.09 −0.87 pp
2006 6.97 −0.5 pp
2005 7.47 −1.93 pp
2004 9.4 +1.87 pp
2003 7.53 +0.9 pp
2002 6.63 −1.1 pp
2001 7.73 −0.02 pp
2000 7.76 −0.24 pp
1999 7.99
1997 7.85 +2.58 pp
1996 5.27 +0.19 pp
1995 5.08

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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