Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — European Union

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the European Union in 2024 — 11.01%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 8.05 pp.

2024 11.01% +0.59 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 19.05%1962
Period minimum 7.73%2006

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — European Union, 1962–2024510152019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 19.05%1964: 15.47%1966: 15%1968: 13.79%1970: 13.31%1972: 13.16%1974: 12.03%1976: 12.4%1978: 12.37%1980: 11.87%1982: 12.19%1984: 11.57%1986: 11.46%1988: 11.24%1990: 10.49%1992: 11.59%1994: 10.95%1996: 10.31%1998: 9.25%2000: 7.73%2002: 8.18%2004: 7.89%2006: 7.73%2008: 8.46%2010: 9.16%2012: 9.58%2014: 9.94%2016: 10.19%2018: 9.62%2020: 10.78%2022: 9.75%2024: 11.01%
Change over the period: −8.05 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

European Union 11.01%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.01 +0.59 pp
2023 10.42 +0.68 pp
2022 9.75 −0.27 pp
2021 10.01 −0.77 pp
2020 10.78 +0.96 pp
2019 9.82 +0.2 pp
2018 9.62 −0.44 pp
2017 10.06 −0.13 pp
2016 10.19 +0.12 pp
2015 10.07 +0.13 pp
2014 9.94 −0.06 pp
2013 10 +0.42 pp
2012 9.58 +0.3 pp
2011 9.29 +0.13 pp
2010 9.16 −0.43 pp
2009 9.59 +1.13 pp
2008 8.46 +0.56 pp
2007 7.9 +0.18 pp
2006 7.73 −0.21 pp
2005 7.93 +0.04 pp
2004 7.89 −0.34 pp
2003 8.23 +0.06 pp
2002 8.18 +0.21 pp
2001 7.97 +0.24 pp
2000 7.73 −1.28 pp
1999 9.01 −0.23 pp
1998 9.25 −0.28 pp
1997 9.53 −0.78 pp
1996 10.31 −0.13 pp
1995 10.45 −0.5 pp
1994 10.95 −0.29 pp
1993 11.24 −0.35 pp
1992 11.59 +0.72 pp
1991 10.87 +0.38 pp
1990 10.49 −0.38 pp
1989 10.88 −0.36 pp
1988 11.24 −0.25 pp
1987 11.49 +0.03 pp
1986 11.46 +0.13 pp
1985 11.33 −0.23 pp
1984 11.57 −0.25 pp
1983 11.81 −0.37 pp
1982 12.19 −0.32 pp
1981 12.51 +0.64 pp
1980 11.87 −0.16 pp
1979 12.02 −0.35 pp
1978 12.37 −0.13 pp
1977 12.5 +0.1 pp
1976 12.4 −0.15 pp
1975 12.55 +0.52 pp
1974 12.03 −1.24 pp
1973 13.26 +0.11 pp
1972 13.16 −0.21 pp
1971 13.36 +0.05 pp
1970 13.31 −0.06 pp
1969 13.38 −0.41 pp
1968 13.79 −1.02 pp
1967 14.81 −0.19 pp
1966 15 −0.27 pp
1965 15.27 −0.2 pp
1964 15.47 −0.71 pp
1963 16.18 −2.87 pp
1962 19.05

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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