Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Eswatini in 2023 — 29.7%. Ranked 44 in the world out of 160. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.88 pp.
2000–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eswatini
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 29.7 | +3.05 pp |
| 2022 | 26.64 | −2.71 pp |
| 2021 | 29.36 | −1.48 pp |
| 2020 | 30.84 | +2.14 pp |
| 2019 | 28.7 | +2.72 pp |
| 2018 | 25.98 | +1.56 pp |
| 2017 | 24.41 | −3.68 pp |
| 2016 | 28.1 | −1.57 pp |
| 2015 | 29.67 | +0.94 pp |
| 2014 | 28.72 | −4.68 pp |
| 2013 | 33.41 | +0.57 pp |
| 2012 | 32.84 | +8.1 pp |
| 2011 | 24.74 | −5.85 pp |
| 2010 | 30.58 | −4.27 pp |
| 2009 | 34.85 | +4.85 pp |
| 2008 | 30 | +8.88 pp |
| 2007 | 21.13 | −4.82 pp |
| 2006 | 25.95 | +7.12 pp |
| 2005 | 18.83 | +5.31 pp |
| 2004 | 13.52 | −1.21 pp |
| 2003 | 14.73 | +0.68 pp |
| 2002 | 14.05 | −22.78 pp |
| 2001 | 36.83 | +3.26 pp |
| 2000 | 33.58 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
