Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Botswana in 2023 — 1.85%. Ranked 147 in the world out of 160. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.94 pp.
2000–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Botswana
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.85 | +0.02 pp |
| 2022 | 1.83 | +0.08 pp |
| 2021 | 1.75 | −0.2 pp |
| 2020 | 1.95 | +0.23 pp |
| 2019 | 1.71 | −0.09 pp |
| 2018 | 1.81 | +0.05 pp |
| 2017 | 1.76 | +0.05 pp |
| 2016 | 1.7 | −0.58 pp |
| 2015 | 2.28 | +0.4 pp |
| 2014 | 1.88 | −0.46 pp |
| 2013 | 2.34 | +0.25 pp |
| 2012 | 2.09 | −0.29 pp |
| 2011 | 2.38 | −2.79 pp |
| 2010 | 5.17 | +0.13 pp |
| 2009 | 5.03 | +2.19 pp |
| 2008 | 2.84 | +0.02 pp |
| 2007 | 2.82 | +0.15 pp |
| 2006 | 2.68 | +0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 2.58 | +0.09 pp |
| 2004 | 2.49 | +0.13 pp |
| 2003 | 2.36 | −1.18 pp |
| 2002 | 3.54 | +0.36 pp |
| 2001 | 3.18 | +0.39 pp |
| 2000 | 2.79 | — |
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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.
