Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Bahrain

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Bahrain in 2024 — 8.65%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 131. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 3.42 pp.

2024 8.65% +0.32 pp vs 2023
World rank 96of 131
Period maximum 8.73%1980
Period minimum 0.37%2006

Trend over time

1970–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Bahrain, 1970–202402.557.51019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 5.23%1971: 3.52%1972: 3.93%1973: 4.2%1974: 2.05%1975: 1.51%1976: 1.68%1977: 1.47%1978: 1.24%1979: 3.14%1980: 8.73%1981: 1.28%1982: 1.91%1983: 1%1984: 1%1985: 0.95%1986: 1.15%1987: 1.09%1994: 1.99%1995: 2.41%1996: 5.69%2000: 0.64%2001: 0.61%2002: 0.63%2003: 0.72%2004: 0.55%2005: 0.44%2006: 0.37%2007: 0.38%2008: 2.06%2009: 3.43%2010: 1.85%2011: 1.69%2012: 2.59%2013: 3.93%2014: 2.33%2015: 2.82%2016: 3.27%2017: 3.46%2018: 3.42%2019: 4.34%2020: 5.09%2021: 3.53%2022: 3.93%2023: 8.34%2024: 8.65%
Change over the period: +3.42 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bahrain 8.65%
World 9.14%
Western Asia computed 5.77%
High-income countries computed 8.92%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.65 +0.32 pp
2023 8.34 +4.41 pp
2022 3.93 +0.4 pp
2021 3.53 −1.56 pp
2020 5.09 +0.76 pp
2019 4.34 +0.92 pp
2018 3.42 −0.04 pp
2017 3.46 +0.18 pp
2016 3.27 +0.45 pp
2015 2.82 +0.49 pp
2014 2.33 −1.6 pp
2013 3.93 +1.34 pp
2012 2.59 +0.9 pp
2011 1.69 −0.16 pp
2010 1.85 −1.58 pp
2009 3.43 +1.37 pp
2008 2.06 +1.67 pp
2007 0.38 +0.02 pp
2006 0.37 −0.07 pp
2005 0.44 −0.11 pp
2004 0.55 −0.17 pp
2003 0.72 +0.09 pp
2002 0.63 +0.02 pp
2001 0.61 −0.03 pp
2000 0.64
1996 5.69 +3.28 pp
1995 2.41 +0.42 pp
1994 1.99
1987 1.09 −0.06 pp
1986 1.15 +0.2 pp
1985 0.95 −0.05 pp
1984 1 +0.01 pp
1983 1 −0.91 pp
1982 1.91 +0.62 pp
1981 1.28 −7.45 pp
1980 8.73 +5.59 pp
1979 3.14 +1.91 pp
1978 1.24 −0.24 pp
1977 1.47 −0.21 pp
1976 1.68 +0.17 pp
1975 1.51 −0.54 pp
1974 2.05 −2.15 pp
1973 4.2 +0.26 pp
1972 3.93 +0.41 pp
1971 3.52 −1.71 pp
1970 5.23

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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