Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — BRICS

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in BRICS in 2024 — 7.14%. Since 1974, the indicator has fallen by 17.28 pp.

2024 7.14% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 26.29%1977
Period minimum 5.12%2006

Trend over time

1974–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — BRICS, 1974–20240102030197419791984198919941999200420092014201920241974: 24.43%1975: 25.68%1976: 25.42%1977: 26.29%1978: 22.79%1979: 19.74%1983: 16.56%1984: 18.92%1992: 12.67%1993: 12.9%1994: 14.09%1995: 12.92%1996: 10.79%1997: 10.24%1998: 10.17%1999: 8.45%2000: 6.8%2001: 7.39%2002: 7.4%2003: 6.85%2004: 6.08%2005: 5.58%2006: 5.12%2007: 5.36%2008: 5.46%2009: 6.31%2010: 5.9%2011: 5.93%2012: 6.11%2013: 6.06%2014: 6.22%2015: 6.37%2016: 6.81%2017: 6.89%2018: 6.61%2019: 6.48%2020: 7%2021: 6.32%2022: 6.67%2023: 6.95%2024: 7.14%
Change over the period: −17.28 pp Annual average: -0.35 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

BRICS 7.14%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 7.14 +0.2 pp
2023 6.95 +0.28 pp
2022 6.67 +0.35 pp
2021 6.32 −0.68 pp
2020 7 +0.52 pp
2019 6.48 −0.13 pp
2018 6.61 −0.28 pp
2017 6.89 +0.08 pp
2016 6.81 +0.44 pp
2015 6.37 +0.14 pp
2014 6.22 +0.16 pp
2013 6.06 −0.04 pp
2012 6.11 +0.18 pp
2011 5.93 +0.03 pp
2010 5.9 −0.41 pp
2009 6.31 +0.85 pp
2008 5.46 +0.1 pp
2007 5.36 +0.24 pp
2006 5.12 −0.46 pp
2005 5.58 −0.5 pp
2004 6.08 −0.77 pp
2003 6.85 −0.55 pp
2002 7.4 +0.02 pp
2001 7.39 +0.58 pp
2000 6.8 −1.65 pp
1999 8.45 −1.72 pp
1998 10.17 −0.06 pp
1997 10.24 −0.55 pp
1996 10.79 −2.13 pp
1995 12.92 −1.17 pp
1994 14.09 +1.19 pp
1993 12.9 +0.24 pp
1992 12.67
1984 18.92 +2.37 pp
1983 16.56
1979 19.74 −3.04 pp
1978 22.79 −3.51 pp
1977 26.29 +0.88 pp
1976 25.42 −0.26 pp
1975 25.68 +1.25 pp
1974 24.43

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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