Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Japan in 2025 — 1.28%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 24. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 6.11 pp.
1962–2025 · % of merchandise exports
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.28 | +0.14 pp |
| 2024 | 1.15 | −0.02 pp |
| 2023 | 1.17 | −0.04 pp |
| 2022 | 1.21 | −0.03 pp |
| 2021 | 1.24 | +0.04 pp |
| 2020 | 1.2 | +0.18 pp |
| 2019 | 1.02 | +0.07 pp |
| 2018 | 0.94 | +0.09 pp |
| 2017 | 0.85 | −0.04 pp |
| 2016 | 0.89 | +0.08 pp |
| 2015 | 0.81 | +0.13 pp |
| 2014 | 0.68 | +0.04 pp |
| 2013 | 0.65 | +0.07 pp |
| 2012 | 0.58 | +0.01 pp |
| 2011 | 0.56 | −0.05 pp |
| 2010 | 0.62 | −0.07 pp |
| 2009 | 0.69 | +0.18 pp |
| 2008 | 0.51 | +0 pp |
| 2007 | 0.51 | +0.02 pp |
| 2006 | 0.49 | −0.01 pp |
| 2005 | 0.5 | +0.02 pp |
| 2004 | 0.47 | −0.03 pp |
| 2003 | 0.5 | −0.03 pp |
| 2002 | 0.53 | −0.23 pp |
| 2001 | 0.76 | +0.31 pp |
| 2000 | 0.45 | −0.07 pp |
| 1999 | 0.52 | −0.01 pp |
| 1998 | 0.53 | −0.01 pp |
| 1997 | 0.54 | +0.04 pp |
| 1996 | 0.49 | −0 pp |
| 1995 | 0.49 | −0.03 pp |
| 1994 | 0.53 | −0.04 pp |
| 1993 | 0.57 | −0.01 pp |
| 1992 | 0.58 | −0.02 pp |
| 1991 | 0.6 | +0 pp |
| 1990 | 0.59 | −0.04 pp |
| 1989 | 0.63 | −0.05 pp |
| 1988 | 0.68 | −0.03 pp |
| 1987 | 0.71 | −0.04 pp |
| 1986 | 0.75 | −0.06 pp |
| 1985 | 0.81 | −0.12 pp |
| 1984 | 0.93 | −0.09 pp |
| 1983 | 1.03 | −0.05 pp |
| 1982 | 1.08 | −0.13 pp |
| 1981 | 1.21 | −0.11 pp |
| 1980 | 1.32 | +0.03 pp |
| 1979 | 1.28 | +0.09 pp |
| 1978 | 1.2 | +0.02 pp |
| 1977 | 1.17 | −0.22 pp |
| 1976 | 1.4 | −0.05 pp |
| 1975 | 1.45 | −0.23 pp |
| 1974 | 1.68 | −0.7 pp |
| 1973 | 2.38 | −0.05 pp |
| 1972 | 2.42 | −0.59 pp |
| 1971 | 3.01 | −0.47 pp |
| 1970 | 3.49 | −0.18 pp |
| 1969 | 3.66 | +0.24 pp |
| 1968 | 3.42 | −0.33 pp |
| 1967 | 3.75 | −0.41 pp |
| 1966 | 4.16 | −0.24 pp |
| 1965 | 4.41 | −0.87 pp |
| 1964 | 5.28 | −0.59 pp |
| 1963 | 5.87 | −1.52 pp |
| 1962 | 7.39 | — |
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.
