Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Guatemala

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Guatemala in 2024 — 47.5%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 131. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 16.94 pp.

2024 47.5% −1.13 pp vs 2023
World rank 22of 131
Period maximum 74.93%1986
Period minimum 33.82%2005

Trend over time

1965–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Guatemala, 1965–202420406080196519711977198319891995200120072013201920241965: 64.44%1966: 61.84%1967: 58.99%1968: 55.29%1969: 55.69%1970: 58.65%1971: 59.8%1972: 57.67%1973: 58.1%1974: 56.15%1975: 58.47%1976: 60.02%1977: 64.73%1978: 61.1%1979: 52.12%1980: 53.45%1981: 54.04%1982: 58%1983: 59.96%1984: 57.85%1985: 62.28%1986: 74.93%1987: 67.92%1993: 62.81%1994: 62.04%1995: 65.18%1996: 60.55%1997: 61.14%1998: 60.79%1999: 57.67%2000: 56.18%2001: 51.2%2002: 48.19%2003: 47.02%2004: 45.23%2005: 33.82%2006: 49.8%2007: 37.33%2008: 37.67%2009: 44.28%2010: 42.04%2011: 40.54%2012: 44.09%2013: 43.81%2014: 42.35%2015: 42.76%2016: 44.94%2017: 47.64%2018: 47.31%2019: 48.18%2020: 51.42%2021: 45.8%2022: 46.17%2023: 48.63%2024: 47.5%
Change over the period: −16.94 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Guatemala 47.5%
World 9.14%
Central America computed 12.62%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 47.5 −1.13 pp
2023 48.63 +2.46 pp
2022 46.17 +0.37 pp
2021 45.8 −5.63 pp
2020 51.42 +3.24 pp
2019 48.18 +0.88 pp
2018 47.31 −0.33 pp
2017 47.64 +2.7 pp
2016 44.94 +2.18 pp
2015 42.76 +0.42 pp
2014 42.35 −1.46 pp
2013 43.81 −0.29 pp
2012 44.09 +3.55 pp
2011 40.54 −1.5 pp
2010 42.04 −2.24 pp
2009 44.28 +6.6 pp
2008 37.67 +0.35 pp
2007 37.33 −12.47 pp
2006 49.8 +15.98 pp
2005 33.82 −11.41 pp
2004 45.23 −1.79 pp
2003 47.02 −1.17 pp
2002 48.19 −3.01 pp
2001 51.2 −4.98 pp
2000 56.18 −1.49 pp
1999 57.67 −3.11 pp
1998 60.79 −0.35 pp
1997 61.14 +0.58 pp
1996 60.55 −4.63 pp
1995 65.18 +3.14 pp
1994 62.04 −0.77 pp
1993 62.81
1987 67.92 −7.01 pp
1986 74.93 +12.66 pp
1985 62.28 +4.43 pp
1984 57.85 −2.11 pp
1983 59.96 +1.96 pp
1982 58 +3.96 pp
1981 54.04 +0.59 pp
1980 53.45 +1.33 pp
1979 52.12 −8.99 pp
1978 61.1 −3.62 pp
1977 64.73 +4.71 pp
1976 60.02 +1.55 pp
1975 58.47 +2.32 pp
1974 56.15 −1.95 pp
1973 58.1 +0.43 pp
1972 57.67 −2.13 pp
1971 59.8 +1.15 pp
1970 58.65 +2.96 pp
1969 55.69 +0.41 pp
1968 55.29 −3.7 pp
1967 58.99 −2.85 pp
1966 61.84 −2.6 pp
1965 64.44

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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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