Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Euro area

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the Euro area in 2024 — 11.07%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 7.66 pp.

2024 11.07% +0.68 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 18.73%1962
Period minimum 7.84%2000

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Euro area, 1962–2024510152019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 18.73%1964: 15.27%1966: 14.25%1968: 13.72%1970: 13.34%1972: 13.17%1974: 11.99%1976: 11.96%1978: 11.93%1980: 11.43%1982: 11.68%1984: 11.28%1986: 11.11%1988: 11.17%1990: 10.54%1992: 11.22%1994: 10.89%1996: 10.23%1998: 9.3%2000: 7.84%2002: 8.39%2004: 8.04%2006: 7.84%2008: 8.59%2010: 9.27%2012: 9.64%2014: 9.97%2016: 10.24%2018: 9.64%2020: 10.84%2022: 9.69%2024: 11.07%
Change over the period: −7.66 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 11.07%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.07 +0.68 pp
2023 10.39 +0.7 pp
2022 9.69 −0.34 pp
2021 10.03 −0.82 pp
2020 10.84 +1 pp
2019 9.84 +0.2 pp
2018 9.64 −0.44 pp
2017 10.09 −0.15 pp
2016 10.24 +0.13 pp
2015 10.11 +0.14 pp
2014 9.97 −0.06 pp
2013 10.03 +0.39 pp
2012 9.64 +0.21 pp
2011 9.43 +0.16 pp
2010 9.27 −0.44 pp
2009 9.71 +1.12 pp
2008 8.59 +0.59 pp
2007 8 +0.16 pp
2006 7.84 −0.21 pp
2005 8.05 +0.01 pp
2004 8.04 −0.4 pp
2003 8.44 +0.05 pp
2002 8.39 +0.31 pp
2001 8.08 +0.25 pp
2000 7.84 −1.37 pp
1999 9.21 −0.09 pp
1998 9.3 −0.09 pp
1997 9.39 −0.84 pp
1996 10.23 −0.14 pp
1995 10.37 −0.52 pp
1994 10.89 −0.27 pp
1993 11.16 −0.06 pp
1992 11.22 +0.36 pp
1991 10.87 +0.33 pp
1990 10.54 −0.35 pp
1989 10.88 −0.29 pp
1988 11.17 −0.04 pp
1987 11.21 +0.1 pp
1986 11.11 +0.17 pp
1985 10.93 −0.35 pp
1984 11.28 −0.1 pp
1983 11.39 −0.29 pp
1982 11.68 −0.37 pp
1981 12.04 +0.62 pp
1980 11.43 −0.19 pp
1979 11.62 −0.3 pp
1978 11.93 −0.15 pp
1977 12.08 +0.11 pp
1976 11.96 −0.54 pp
1975 12.51 +0.52 pp
1974 11.99 −1.3 pp
1973 13.29 +0.12 pp
1972 13.17 −0.18 pp
1971 13.34 +0.01 pp
1970 13.34 −0.03 pp
1969 13.37 −0.35 pp
1968 13.72 −0.98 pp
1967 14.71 +0.45 pp
1966 14.25 −0.84 pp
1965 15.09 −0.18 pp
1964 15.27 −0.48 pp
1963 15.75 −2.98 pp
1962 18.73

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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