Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in low-income countries in 2019 — 22.35%. Since 1974, the indicator has fallen by 1.93 pp.
1974–2019 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 22.35 | −1.86 pp |
| 2018 | 24.2 | −3.48 pp |
| 2017 | 27.69 | −3.5 pp |
| 2016 | 31.19 | +0.17 pp |
| 2015 | 31.01 | −0.44 pp |
| 2014 | 31.45 | — |
| 2010 | 19.1 | — |
| 2008 | 18.51 | — |
| 2005 | 16.55 | −2.11 pp |
| 2004 | 18.66 | −0.6 pp |
| 2003 | 19.26 | −0.41 pp |
| 2002 | 19.67 | +2.59 pp |
| 2001 | 17.08 | — |
| 1976 | 34.19 | +6.08 pp |
| 1975 | 28.1 | +3.83 pp |
| 1974 | 24.27 | — |
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.