Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in high-income countries in 2024 — 8.92%. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 0.81 pp.
1996–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.92 | +0.53 pp |
| 2023 | 8.39 | +0.46 pp |
| 2022 | 7.93 | −0.26 pp |
| 2021 | 8.19 | −0.72 pp |
| 2020 | 8.91 | +1 pp |
| 2019 | 7.91 | +0.16 pp |
| 2018 | 7.75 | −0.33 pp |
| 2017 | 8.08 | −0.27 pp |
| 2016 | 8.35 | +0.14 pp |
| 2015 | 8.21 | +0.36 pp |
| 2014 | 7.85 | +0.34 pp |
| 2013 | 7.51 | +0.23 pp |
| 2012 | 7.28 | +0.15 pp |
| 2011 | 7.13 | +0.03 pp |
| 2010 | 7.1 | −0.56 pp |
| 2009 | 7.66 | +1.05 pp |
| 2008 | 6.61 | +0.36 pp |
| 2007 | 6.25 | +0.31 pp |
| 2006 | 5.94 | −0.27 pp |
| 2005 | 6.21 | −0.16 pp |
| 2004 | 6.37 | −0.35 pp |
| 2003 | 6.72 | +0.03 pp |
| 2002 | 6.69 | +0.11 pp |
| 2001 | 6.58 | +0.44 pp |
| 2000 | 6.15 | −0.98 pp |
| 1999 | 7.12 | −0.27 pp |
| 1998 | 7.39 | −0.27 pp |
| 1997 | 7.66 | −0.45 pp |
| 1996 | 8.12 | — |
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.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.