Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Benin in 2024 — 39.66%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 53.67 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Benin
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39.66 | +2.27 pp |
| 2023 | 37.38 | +18.7 pp |
| 2022 | 18.68 | −1.21 pp |
| 2021 | 19.89 | −5.17 pp |
| 2020 | 25.07 | −3.96 pp |
| 2019 | 29.02 | −8.23 pp |
| 2018 | 37.26 | +3.68 pp |
| 2017 | 33.58 | +0.16 pp |
| 2016 | 33.42 | +1.57 pp |
| 2015 | 31.85 | +1.99 pp |
| 2014 | 29.86 | −7.09 pp |
| 2013 | 36.95 | −3.4 pp |
| 2012 | 40.34 | +2.28 pp |
| 2011 | 38.06 | −29.54 pp |
| 2010 | 67.6 | +18.3 pp |
| 2009 | 49.3 | +19.19 pp |
| 2008 | 30.11 | −7.93 pp |
| 2007 | 38.04 | −1.27 pp |
| 2006 | 39.32 | +13.42 pp |
| 2005 | 25.9 | +7.57 pp |
| 2004 | 18.33 | −0.26 pp |
| 2003 | 18.59 | −12.37 pp |
| 2002 | 30.96 | +11.9 pp |
| 2001 | 19.06 | −0.99 pp |
| 2000 | 20.05 | +3.94 pp |
| 1999 | 16.11 | +0.8 pp |
| 1998 | 15.31 | — |
| 1982 | 35.96 | — |
| 1980 | 61.82 | −8.88 pp |
| 1979 | 70.7 | — |
| 1974 | 43.36 | −17.89 pp |
| 1973 | 61.25 | −0.82 pp |
| 1972 | 62.07 | −12.24 pp |
| 1971 | 74.31 | +3.4 pp |
| 1970 | 70.91 | −2.89 pp |
| 1969 | 73.8 | −0.56 pp |
| 1968 | 74.36 | +6.61 pp |
| 1967 | 67.76 | −8.86 pp |
| 1966 | 76.62 | −12.04 pp |
| 1965 | 88.66 | −4.64 pp |
| 1964 | 93.3 | +3.71 pp |
| 1963 | 89.59 | −3.74 pp |
| 1962 | 93.33 | — |
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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.
