Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Europe & Central Asia

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 10.58%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 7.95 pp.

2024 10.58% +0.49 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 18.53%1962
Period minimum 7.03%2006

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Europe & Central Asia, 1962–2024510152019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 18.53%1964: 15.52%1966: 15.04%1968: 13.95%1970: 13.42%1972: 13.4%1974: 12.13%1976: 12.33%1978: 12.69%1980: 12.04%1982: 12.02%1984: 11.23%1986: 11.3%1988: 10.31%1990: 10.09%1992: 11.17%1994: 10.62%1996: 9.61%1998: 8.6%2000: 7.12%2002: 7.52%2004: 7.23%2006: 7.03%2008: 7.62%2010: 8.38%2012: 8.73%2014: 9.2%2016: 9.69%2018: 9.11%2020: 10.41%2022: 9.4%2024: 10.58%
Change over the period: −7.95 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 10.58%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 10.58 +0.49 pp
2023 10.09 +0.68 pp
2022 9.4 −0.06 pp
2021 9.46 −0.95 pp
2020 10.41 +1.04 pp
2019 9.37 +0.26 pp
2018 9.11 −0.41 pp
2017 9.52 −0.17 pp
2016 9.69 +0.28 pp
2015 9.41 +0.22 pp
2014 9.2 +0.12 pp
2013 9.08 +0.34 pp
2012 8.73 +0.29 pp
2011 8.44 +0.06 pp
2010 8.38 −0.43 pp
2009 8.81 +1.2 pp
2008 7.62 +0.36 pp
2007 7.25 +0.22 pp
2006 7.03 −0.24 pp
2005 7.27 +0.04 pp
2004 7.23 −0.33 pp
2003 7.57 +0.04 pp
2002 7.52 +0.18 pp
2001 7.35 +0.23 pp
2000 7.12 −1.22 pp
1999 8.34 −0.26 pp
1998 8.6 −0.29 pp
1997 8.89 −0.72 pp
1996 9.61 −0.51 pp
1995 10.12 −0.5 pp
1994 10.62 −0.22 pp
1993 10.84 −0.33 pp
1992 11.17 +0.55 pp
1991 10.62 +0.53 pp
1990 10.09 −0.32 pp
1989 10.41 +0.1 pp
1988 10.31 −0.85 pp
1987 11.16 −0.14 pp
1986 11.3 +0.46 pp
1985 10.84 −0.39 pp
1984 11.23 −0.45 pp
1983 11.68 −0.34 pp
1982 12.02 −0.46 pp
1981 12.48 +0.44 pp
1980 12.04 −0.24 pp
1979 12.28 −0.41 pp
1978 12.69 −0.03 pp
1977 12.72 +0.39 pp
1976 12.33 −0.22 pp
1975 12.55 +0.42 pp
1974 12.13 −1.21 pp
1973 13.33 −0.06 pp
1972 13.4 −0.06 pp
1971 13.46 +0.04 pp
1970 13.42 −0.27 pp
1969 13.69 −0.26 pp
1968 13.95 −1.05 pp
1967 15 −0.04 pp
1966 15.04 −0.31 pp
1965 15.36 −0.17 pp
1964 15.52 −0.57 pp
1963 16.09 −2.45 pp
1962 18.53

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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