Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in China in 2024 — 2.43%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 131. Since 1984, the indicator has fallen by 12.84 pp.
1984–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.43 | −0.03 pp |
| 2023 | 2.46 | +0.16 pp |
| 2022 | 2.3 | −0.02 pp |
| 2021 | 2.32 | −0.37 pp |
| 2020 | 2.69 | −0.18 pp |
| 2019 | 2.87 | −0.04 pp |
| 2018 | 2.91 | −0.14 pp |
| 2017 | 3.05 | −0.11 pp |
| 2016 | 3.16 | +0.38 pp |
| 2015 | 2.78 | +0.07 pp |
| 2014 | 2.71 | −0 pp |
| 2013 | 2.72 | −0.03 pp |
| 2012 | 2.75 | −0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 2.85 | +0.05 pp |
| 2010 | 2.8 | −0.14 pp |
| 2009 | 2.94 | +0.43 pp |
| 2008 | 2.51 | −0.21 pp |
| 2007 | 2.72 | −0.16 pp |
| 2006 | 2.88 | −0.36 pp |
| 2005 | 3.23 | −0.28 pp |
| 2004 | 3.51 | −0.88 pp |
| 2003 | 4.39 | −0.57 pp |
| 2002 | 4.96 | −0.38 pp |
| 2001 | 5.34 | −0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 5.44 | −0.58 pp |
| 1999 | 6.02 | −0.61 pp |
| 1998 | 6.63 | −0.51 pp |
| 1997 | 7.14 | −1.09 pp |
| 1996 | 8.23 | −0.04 pp |
| 1995 | 8.27 | −1.8 pp |
| 1994 | 10.06 | −0.77 pp |
| 1993 | 10.83 | −0.51 pp |
| 1992 | 11.35 | — |
| 1987 | 14.59 | +2.17 pp |
| 1986 | 12.42 | −0.15 pp |
| 1985 | 12.57 | −2.7 pp |
| 1984 | 15.27 | — |
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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.
