Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — G7

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the G7 in 2024 — 8.47%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 4.17 pp.

2024 8.47% +0.25 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 13.21%1964
Period minimum 5.58%2006

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — G7, 1962–202446810121419621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 12.64%1964: 13.21%1966: 12.39%1968: 10.21%1970: 9.73%1972: 10.27%1974: 10.99%1976: 10.15%1978: 10.09%1980: 10.09%1982: 9.93%1984: 9.35%1986: 7.85%1988: 6.56%1990: 7.46%1992: 7.73%1994: 7.23%1996: 7.37%1998: 6.62%2000: 5.66%2002: 6.16%2004: 5.9%2006: 5.58%2008: 6.69%2010: 7.08%2012: 7.37%2014: 7.8%2016: 8.04%2018: 7.5%2020: 8.8%2022: 8.24%2024: 8.47%
Change over the period: −4.17 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 8.47%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.47 +0.25 pp
2023 8.22 −0.03 pp
2022 8.24 −0.18 pp
2021 8.42 −0.38 pp
2020 8.8 +1.23 pp
2019 7.57 +0.07 pp
2018 7.5 −0.32 pp
2017 7.82 −0.22 pp
2016 8.04 +0.25 pp
2015 7.79 −0.02 pp
2014 7.8 +0.19 pp
2013 7.61 +0.25 pp
2012 7.37 +0.17 pp
2011 7.2 +0.12 pp
2010 7.08 −0.56 pp
2009 7.63 +0.94 pp
2008 6.69 +0.72 pp
2007 5.97 +0.39 pp
2006 5.58 −0.18 pp
2005 5.76 −0.14 pp
2004 5.9 −0.36 pp
2003 6.26 +0.1 pp
2002 6.16 +0.07 pp
2001 6.09 +0.43 pp
2000 5.66 −0.63 pp
1999 6.29 −0.33 pp
1998 6.62 −0.24 pp
1997 6.86 −0.51 pp
1996 7.37 +0.15 pp
1995 7.22 −0.01 pp
1994 7.23 −0.26 pp
1993 7.49 −0.24 pp
1992 7.73 +0.21 pp
1991 7.52 +0.06 pp
1990 7.46 −0.16 pp
1989 7.62 +1.06 pp
1988 6.56 −1 pp
1987 7.56 −0.28 pp
1986 7.85 −0.36 pp
1985 8.21 −1.14 pp
1984 9.35 −0.52 pp
1983 9.86 −0.06 pp
1982 9.93 −0.55 pp
1981 10.48 +0.38 pp
1980 10.09 +0.02 pp
1979 10.07 −0.01 pp
1978 10.09 +0.28 pp
1977 9.81 −0.34 pp
1976 10.15 −0.65 pp
1975 10.8 −0.19 pp
1974 10.99 −1.11 pp
1973 12.1 +1.83 pp
1972 10.27 +0.34 pp
1971 9.93 +0.21 pp
1970 9.73 +0.28 pp
1969 9.44 −0.77 pp
1968 10.21 −1.01 pp
1967 11.23 −1.17 pp
1966 12.39 −0.17 pp
1965 12.56 −0.65 pp
1964 13.21 +0.21 pp
1963 13 +0.36 pp
1962 12.64

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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