Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Belgium in 2024 — 13.31%. Ranked 75 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 7.26 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.31 | +1.4 pp |
| 2023 | 11.91 | +2.73 pp |
| 2022 | 9.17 | −1.16 pp |
| 2021 | 10.33 | −1.54 pp |
| 2020 | 11.87 | +0.82 pp |
| 2019 | 11.06 | +0.15 pp |
| 2018 | 10.9 | −0.41 pp |
| 2017 | 11.31 | −0.24 pp |
| 2016 | 11.54 | −0.36 pp |
| 2015 | 11.91 | +0.71 pp |
| 2014 | 11.19 | +0.04 pp |
| 2013 | 11.16 | +0.21 pp |
| 2012 | 10.94 | +0.56 pp |
| 2011 | 10.38 | −0.44 pp |
| 2010 | 10.83 | +1.2 pp |
| 2009 | 9.62 | +1.04 pp |
| 2008 | 8.59 | +0.64 pp |
| 2007 | 7.95 | +0.14 pp |
| 2006 | 7.8 | −0.26 pp |
| 2005 | 8.06 | −0.27 pp |
| 2004 | 8.33 | −0.36 pp |
| 2003 | 8.69 | +0.14 pp |
| 2002 | 8.56 | −0.61 pp |
| 2001 | 9.17 | +0.26 pp |
| 2000 | 8.92 | −1.12 pp |
| 1999 | 10.04 | — |
| 1987 | 10.26 | +0.02 pp |
| 1986 | 10.24 | −0.04 pp |
| 1985 | 10.27 | −0.6 pp |
| 1984 | 10.87 | +0.69 pp |
| 1983 | 10.18 | −0.84 pp |
| 1982 | 11.02 | +0.28 pp |
| 1981 | 10.74 | +1.35 pp |
| 1980 | 9.39 | +0.12 pp |
| 1979 | 9.27 | −0.28 pp |
| 1978 | 9.55 | −0.11 pp |
| 1977 | 9.66 | +0.17 pp |
| 1976 | 9.49 | −0.61 pp |
| 1975 | 10.1 | +1.24 pp |
| 1974 | 8.86 | −0.76 pp |
| 1973 | 9.62 | +0.04 pp |
| 1972 | 9.58 | +0.29 pp |
| 1971 | 9.29 | +0.9 pp |
| 1970 | 8.39 | +0.33 pp |
| 1969 | 8.06 | −0.12 pp |
| 1968 | 8.19 | −0.06 pp |
| 1967 | 8.25 | +1.09 pp |
| 1966 | 7.16 | +0.09 pp |
| 1965 | 7.07 | +0.9 pp |
| 1964 | 6.17 | −0.72 pp |
| 1963 | 6.89 | +0.85 pp |
| 1962 | 6.04 | — |
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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.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
