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

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

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Middle Africa in 2023 — 1.63%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 32.81 pp.

2023 1.63% −0.21 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 34.44%1962
Period minimum 1.12%2013

Trend over time

1962–2023 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Middle Africa, 1962–202301020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820231962: 34.44%1965: 18.66%1970: 13.2%1971: 18.03%1973: 10.99%1974: 8.6%1975: 8.66%1978: 8.06%1979: 6.55%2007: 2.28%2008: 2.72%2009: 2.78%2010: 1.49%2013: 1.12%2014: 1.36%2015: 1.68%2016: 2.96%2017: 2.25%2018: 2.01%2019: 2.26%2020: 3.04%2021: 3.25%2022: 1.85%2023: 1.63%
Change over the period: −32.81 pp Annual average: -0.54 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Middle Africa 1.63%
World 1.15%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.63 −0.21 pp
2022 1.85 −1.4 pp
2021 3.25 +0.21 pp
2020 3.04 +0.77 pp
2019 2.26 +0.25 pp
2018 2.01 −0.24 pp
2017 2.25 −0.71 pp
2016 2.96 +1.29 pp
2015 1.68 +0.31 pp
2014 1.36 +0.24 pp
2013 1.12
2010 1.49 −1.3 pp
2009 2.78 +0.06 pp
2008 2.72 +0.44 pp
2007 2.28
1979 6.55 −1.51 pp
1978 8.06
1975 8.66 +0.06 pp
1974 8.6 −2.39 pp
1973 10.99
1971 18.03 +4.83 pp
1970 13.2
1965 18.66
1962 34.44

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.