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

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Upper-middle-income countries

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 1.11%. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 2.2 pp.

2024 1.11% +0.07 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.3%1996
Period minimum 1.03%2023

Trend over time

1996–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Upper-middle-income countries, 1996–20240123419961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 3.3%1997: 2.75%1998: 2.36%1999: 2.23%2000: 2.02%2001: 1.78%2002: 1.8%2003: 1.86%2004: 1.7%2005: 1.58%2006: 1.6%2007: 1.46%2008: 1.39%2009: 1.29%2010: 1.5%2011: 1.7%2012: 1.36%2013: 1.29%2014: 1.18%2015: 1.17%2016: 1.22%2017: 1.35%2018: 1.27%2019: 1.22%2020: 1.16%2021: 1.12%2022: 1.09%2023: 1.03%2024: 1.11%
Change over the period: −2.2 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 1.11%
World 1.19%
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.11 +0.07 pp
2023 1.03 −0.06 pp
2022 1.09 −0.02 pp
2021 1.12 −0.04 pp
2020 1.16 −0.06 pp
2019 1.22 −0.04 pp
2018 1.27 −0.08 pp
2017 1.35 +0.12 pp
2016 1.22 +0.05 pp
2015 1.17 −0.01 pp
2014 1.18 −0.11 pp
2013 1.29 −0.07 pp
2012 1.36 −0.34 pp
2011 1.7 +0.21 pp
2010 1.5 +0.21 pp
2009 1.29 −0.1 pp
2008 1.39 −0.07 pp
2007 1.46 −0.14 pp
2006 1.6 +0.02 pp
2005 1.58 −0.12 pp
2004 1.7 −0.16 pp
2003 1.86 +0.06 pp
2002 1.8 +0.02 pp
2001 1.78 −0.24 pp
2000 2.02 −0.21 pp
1999 2.23 −0.13 pp
1998 2.36 −0.4 pp
1997 2.75 −0.55 pp
1996 3.3

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.