Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Mercosur in 2024 — 42.8%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 26.7 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mercosur
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42.8 | −1.73 pp |
| 2023 | 44.54 | +0.3 pp |
| 2022 | 44.23 | +4.38 pp |
| 2021 | 39.85 | −5.04 pp |
| 2020 | 44.89 | +4.42 pp |
| 2019 | 40.47 | +1.15 pp |
| 2018 | 39.32 | −2.35 pp |
| 2017 | 41.67 | −2.79 pp |
| 2016 | 44.46 | +1.12 pp |
| 2015 | 43.34 | +2.8 pp |
| 2014 | 40.54 | −0.04 pp |
| 2013 | 40.58 | +2.95 pp |
| 2012 | 37.63 | +1.2 pp |
| 2011 | 36.43 | +0.49 pp |
| 2010 | 35.94 | −2.85 pp |
| 2009 | 38.8 | +3.9 pp |
| 2008 | 34.9 | +1.96 pp |
| 2007 | 32.94 | +2.66 pp |
| 2006 | 30.28 | −1.15 pp |
| 2005 | 31.42 | −2.21 pp |
| 2004 | 33.63 | −1.22 pp |
| 2003 | 34.85 | +1.51 pp |
| 2002 | 33.33 | +0.51 pp |
| 2001 | 32.83 | +2.69 pp |
| 2000 | 30.14 | −6.49 pp |
| 1999 | 36.63 | −1.47 pp |
| 1998 | 38.1 | +0.03 pp |
| 1997 | 38.06 | +0.09 pp |
| 1996 | 37.97 | +2.58 pp |
| 1995 | 35.39 | −0.07 pp |
| 1994 | 35.46 | +2.28 pp |
| 1993 | 33.18 | −1.17 pp |
| 1992 | 34.34 | — |
| 1987 | 37.42 | −3.96 pp |
| 1986 | 41.38 | −1.89 pp |
| 1985 | 43.27 | −2.52 pp |
| 1984 | 45.79 | −2.67 pp |
| 1983 | 48.46 | +3.76 pp |
| 1982 | 44.7 | −2.52 pp |
| 1981 | 47.22 | −2.45 pp |
| 1980 | 49.67 | −2.52 pp |
| 1979 | 52.19 | −1.88 pp |
| 1978 | 54.07 | −6.98 pp |
| 1977 | 61.05 | +1.62 pp |
| 1976 | 59.43 | +3.81 pp |
| 1975 | 55.62 | −3.73 pp |
| 1974 | 59.35 | −3.69 pp |
| 1973 | 63.04 | −0.41 pp |
| 1972 | 63.46 | +0.12 pp |
| 1971 | 63.33 | −0.83 pp |
| 1970 | 64.16 | −1.4 pp |
| 1969 | 65.56 | −1.84 pp |
| 1968 | 67.4 | −1.62 pp |
| 1967 | 69.02 | −1.49 pp |
| 1966 | 70.52 | −0.67 pp |
| 1965 | 71.19 | +0.42 pp |
| 1964 | 70.77 | −0.41 pp |
| 1963 | 71.18 | +1.67 pp |
| 1962 | 69.5 | — |
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.