Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Belarus

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Belarus in 2021 — 16.62%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 166. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 8.1 pp.

2021 16.62% −2.28 pp vs 2020
World rank 79of 166
Period maximum 18.9%2020
Period minimum 6.74%2008

Trend over time

1998–2021 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Belarus, 1998–202151015201998200120042007201020132016201920211998: 8.52%1999: 7.47%2000: 6.75%2001: 8.01%2002: 7.68%2003: 8.26%2004: 8.35%2005: 8.26%2006: 7.49%2007: 7.26%2008: 6.74%2009: 10.69%2010: 12.62%2011: 9.15%2012: 9.81%2013: 14.38%2014: 14.78%2015: 15.64%2016: 17.06%2017: 16.51%2018: 14.96%2019: 16.19%2020: 18.9%2021: 16.62%
Change over the period: +8.1 pp Annual average: 0.35 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Belarus 16.62%
World 8.61%
Eastern Europe computed 10.19%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 16.62 −2.28 pp
2020 18.9 +2.71 pp
2019 16.19 +1.23 pp
2018 14.96 −1.54 pp
2017 16.51 −0.55 pp
2016 17.06 +1.42 pp
2015 15.64 +0.86 pp
2014 14.78 +0.4 pp
2013 14.38 +4.57 pp
2012 9.81 +0.66 pp
2011 9.15 −3.47 pp
2010 12.62 +1.93 pp
2009 10.69 +3.96 pp
2008 6.74 −0.52 pp
2007 7.26 −0.23 pp
2006 7.49 −0.77 pp
2005 8.26 −0.09 pp
2004 8.35 +0.09 pp
2003 8.26 +0.59 pp
2002 7.68 −0.33 pp
2001 8.01 +1.26 pp
2000 6.75 −0.71 pp
1999 7.47 −1.06 pp
1998 8.52

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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.