Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 24.66%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 21.57 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.66 | +0.36 pp |
| 2023 | 24.3 | +0.67 pp |
| 2022 | 23.63 | +0.83 pp |
| 2021 | 22.8 | −3.1 pp |
| 2020 | 25.9 | +2.07 pp |
| 2019 | 23.82 | +0.95 pp |
| 2018 | 22.87 | −1.04 pp |
| 2017 | 23.91 | −0.85 pp |
| 2016 | 24.76 | +0.91 pp |
| 2015 | 23.85 | +1.96 pp |
| 2014 | 21.89 | +1.72 pp |
| 2013 | 20.17 | +1.01 pp |
| 2012 | 19.16 | −0.03 pp |
| 2011 | 19.19 | +0.21 pp |
| 2010 | 18.98 | −1.84 pp |
| 2009 | 20.82 | +2.68 pp |
| 2008 | 18.14 | −0.27 pp |
| 2007 | 18.41 | +1.21 pp |
| 2006 | 17.2 | −0.69 pp |
| 2005 | 17.89 | −1.08 pp |
| 2004 | 18.98 | −0.96 pp |
| 2003 | 19.94 | +0.44 pp |
| 2002 | 19.5 | −0.09 pp |
| 2001 | 19.59 | +1.6 pp |
| 2000 | 17.99 | −3.2 pp |
| 1999 | 21.19 | −1.42 pp |
| 1998 | 22.61 | −0 pp |
| 1997 | 22.61 | +0.37 pp |
| 1996 | 22.24 | −0.34 pp |
| 1995 | 22.59 | +0.15 pp |
| 1994 | 22.43 | +1.65 pp |
| 1993 | 20.78 | +1.46 pp |
| 1992 | 19.33 | +0.76 pp |
| 1991 | 18.56 | +0.71 pp |
| 1990 | 17.85 | — |
| 1987 | 26.87 | −3.58 pp |
| 1986 | 30.45 | +4.46 pp |
| 1985 | 25.99 | −0.35 pp |
| 1984 | 26.34 | −0.1 pp |
| 1983 | 26.44 | +0.68 pp |
| 1982 | 25.76 | −1.31 pp |
| 1981 | 27.07 | −2.22 pp |
| 1980 | 29.29 | −5.91 pp |
| 1979 | 35.2 | −3.96 pp |
| 1978 | 39.16 | −3.32 pp |
| 1977 | 42.48 | +1.2 pp |
| 1976 | 41.28 | +1.7 pp |
| 1975 | 39.58 | −0.34 pp |
| 1974 | 39.92 | −2.25 pp |
| 1973 | 42.18 | −5.17 pp |
| 1972 | 47.35 | +0.97 pp |
| 1971 | 46.38 | −0.3 pp |
| 1970 | 46.67 | +0.26 pp |
| 1969 | 46.41 | −1.97 pp |
| 1968 | 48.38 | −2.57 pp |
| 1967 | 50.95 | +2.03 pp |
| 1966 | 48.91 | −1.09 pp |
| 1965 | 50 | −0.36 pp |
| 1964 | 50.36 | +5.45 pp |
| 1963 | 44.9 | −1.33 pp |
| 1962 | 46.23 | — |
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.