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

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

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Western Asia in 2024 — 0.34%. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 2.32 pp.

2024 0.34% +0.12 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 2.66%1975
Period minimum 0.11%2012

Trend over time

1975–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Asia, 1975–20240123197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: 2.66%1998: 0.79%1999: 0.52%2000: 0.39%2001: 0.4%2002: 0.38%2003: 0.35%2004: 0.26%2005: 0.26%2006: 0.2%2007: 0.18%2008: 0.13%2009: 0.16%2010: 0.17%2011: 0.13%2012: 0.11%2013: 0.12%2014: 0.13%2015: 0.17%2016: 0.19%2017: 0.2%2018: 0.19%2019: 0.19%2020: 0.23%2021: 0.25%2022: 0.22%2023: 0.23%2024: 0.34%
Change over the period: −2.32 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 0.34%
World 1.19%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.34 +0.12 pp
2023 0.23 +0 pp
2022 0.22 −0.03 pp
2021 0.25 +0.02 pp
2020 0.23 +0.04 pp
2019 0.19 −0.01 pp
2018 0.19 −0 pp
2017 0.2 +0.01 pp
2016 0.19 +0.02 pp
2015 0.17 +0.04 pp
2014 0.13 +0.01 pp
2013 0.12 +0.01 pp
2012 0.11 −0.02 pp
2011 0.13 −0.03 pp
2010 0.17 +0.01 pp
2009 0.16 +0.03 pp
2008 0.13 −0.05 pp
2007 0.18 −0.02 pp
2006 0.2 −0.06 pp
2005 0.26 +0 pp
2004 0.26 −0.08 pp
2003 0.35 −0.04 pp
2002 0.38 −0.02 pp
2001 0.4 +0.02 pp
2000 0.39 −0.14 pp
1999 0.52 −0.27 pp
1998 0.79
1975 2.66

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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