Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Argentina

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Argentina in 2024 — 49%. Ranked 21 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 22.52 pp.

2024 49% −3.73 pp vs 2023
World rank 21of 131
Period maximum 81.64%1965
Period minimum 43.62%2000

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Argentina, 1962–202440506070809019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 71.52%1963: 72.12%1964: 77.23%1965: 81.64%1966: 77.92%1967: 76.83%1968: 72.74%1969: 73.88%1970: 74.32%1971: 76.7%1972: 71.75%1973: 69.91%1974: 70.52%1975: 68.87%1976: 68.24%1977: 68.79%1978: 65.45%1979: 69.4%1980: 64.95%1981: 66.84%1982: 62.51%1983: 74.97%1984: 73.4%1985: 66.07%1986: 66.63%1987: 61.06%1992: 61.01%1993: 55.29%1994: 51.82%1995: 49.79%1996: 51.92%1997: 48.6%1998: 50.6%1999: 49.17%2000: 43.62%2001: 44.23%2002: 45.68%2003: 49.03%2004: 47.78%2005: 46.46%2006: 44.6%2007: 50.4%2008: 52.6%2009: 49.56%2010: 49.64%2011: 52.15%2012: 52.16%2013: 54.4%2014: 54.35%2015: 59.94%2016: 62.85%2017: 59.82%2018: 54.45%2019: 58.77%2020: 64.89%2021: 54.01%2022: 59.92%2023: 52.73%2024: 49%
Change over the period: −22.52 pp Annual average: -0.36 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Argentina 49%
World 9.14%
South America computed 35.51%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 49 −3.73 pp
2023 52.73 −7.19 pp
2022 59.92 +5.91 pp
2021 54.01 −10.88 pp
2020 64.89 +6.12 pp
2019 58.77 +4.31 pp
2018 54.45 −5.37 pp
2017 59.82 −3.03 pp
2016 62.85 +2.91 pp
2015 59.94 +5.59 pp
2014 54.35 −0.05 pp
2013 54.4 +2.23 pp
2012 52.16 +0.01 pp
2011 52.15 +2.51 pp
2010 49.64 +0.08 pp
2009 49.56 −3.04 pp
2008 52.6 +2.19 pp
2007 50.4 +5.81 pp
2006 44.6 −1.87 pp
2005 46.46 −1.31 pp
2004 47.78 −1.25 pp
2003 49.03 +3.35 pp
2002 45.68 +1.45 pp
2001 44.23 +0.61 pp
2000 43.62 −5.55 pp
1999 49.17 −1.43 pp
1998 50.6 +2 pp
1997 48.6 −3.32 pp
1996 51.92 +2.14 pp
1995 49.79 −2.03 pp
1994 51.82 −3.47 pp
1993 55.29 −5.73 pp
1992 61.01
1987 61.06 −5.57 pp
1986 66.63 +0.56 pp
1985 66.07 −7.33 pp
1984 73.4 −1.57 pp
1983 74.97 +12.46 pp
1982 62.51 −4.32 pp
1981 66.84 +1.88 pp
1980 64.95 −4.45 pp
1979 69.4 +3.96 pp
1978 65.45 −3.34 pp
1977 68.79 +0.54 pp
1976 68.24 −0.63 pp
1975 68.87 −1.65 pp
1974 70.52 +0.61 pp
1973 69.91 −1.85 pp
1972 71.75 −4.95 pp
1971 76.7 +2.38 pp
1970 74.32 +0.44 pp
1969 73.88 +1.14 pp
1968 72.74 −4.09 pp
1967 76.83 −1.09 pp
1966 77.92 −3.72 pp
1965 81.64 +4.41 pp
1964 77.23 +5.1 pp
1963 72.12 +0.61 pp
1962 71.52

About the indicator

The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.

Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.

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