Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — G20

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the G20 in 2024 — 7.93%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 7.75 pp.

2024 7.93% +0.04 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 16.9%1964
Period minimum 5.66%2006

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — G20, 1962–20240510152019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 15.68%1964: 16.9%1966: 15.7%1968: 12.92%1970: 12.48%1972: 13.02%1974: 12.63%1976: 11.87%1978: 11.63%1980: 10.77%1982: 10.59%1984: 11.05%1986: 9.46%1989: 8.49%1991: 8.06%1993: 8.37%1995: 8.06%1997: 7.82%1999: 6.98%2001: 6.62%2003: 6.62%2005: 5.94%2007: 5.97%2009: 7.37%2011: 6.9%2013: 7.17%2015: 7.45%2017: 7.67%2019: 7.29%2021: 7.65%2023: 7.89%2024: 7.93%
Change over the period: −7.75 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 7.93%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 7.93 +0.04 pp
2023 7.89 +0.11 pp
2022 7.78 +0.13 pp
2021 7.65 −0.54 pp
2020 8.19 +0.9 pp
2019 7.29 +0.09 pp
2018 7.2 −0.46 pp
2017 7.67 −0.17 pp
2016 7.83 +0.39 pp
2015 7.45 +0.16 pp
2014 7.29 +0.12 pp
2013 7.17 +0.17 pp
2012 7 +0.11 pp
2011 6.9 +0.12 pp
2010 6.77 −0.6 pp
2009 7.37 +0.92 pp
2008 6.45 +0.48 pp
2007 5.97 +0.31 pp
2006 5.66 −0.28 pp
2005 5.94 −0.28 pp
2004 6.22 −0.4 pp
2003 6.62 −0.04 pp
2002 6.67 +0.04 pp
2001 6.62 +0.49 pp
2000 6.13 −0.84 pp
1999 6.98 −0.47 pp
1998 7.44 −0.38 pp
1997 7.82 −0.29 pp
1996 8.11 +0.05 pp
1995 8.06 −0.18 pp
1994 8.25 −0.12 pp
1993 8.37 −0.14 pp
1992 8.51 +0.46 pp
1991 8.06 −0.15 pp
1990 8.2 −0.29 pp
1989 8.49
1987 8.99 −0.47 pp
1986 9.46 −0.22 pp
1985 9.67 −1.38 pp
1984 11.05 −0.24 pp
1983 11.29 +0.7 pp
1982 10.59 −0.31 pp
1981 10.91 +0.14 pp
1980 10.77 −0.64 pp
1979 11.41 −0.22 pp
1978 11.63 −0.13 pp
1977 11.76 −0.1 pp
1976 11.87 −0.72 pp
1975 12.59 −0.04 pp
1974 12.63 −2.06 pp
1973 14.7 +1.68 pp
1972 13.02 +0.41 pp
1971 12.61 +0.13 pp
1970 12.48 +0.33 pp
1969 12.14 −0.78 pp
1968 12.92 −1.7 pp
1967 14.62 −1.08 pp
1966 15.7 −0.44 pp
1965 16.14 −0.76 pp
1964 16.9 +0.04 pp
1963 16.86 +1.18 pp
1962 15.68

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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