Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Middle East & North Africa in 2023 — 4.14%. Since 1972, the indicator has fallen by 7.9 pp.
1972–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.14 | +0.38 pp |
| 2022 | 3.76 | −0.4 pp |
| 2021 | 4.16 | −1.33 pp |
| 2020 | 5.49 | +0.69 pp |
| 2019 | 4.8 | +0.18 pp |
| 2018 | 4.62 | +0.89 pp |
| 2017 | 3.73 | −0.09 pp |
| 2016 | 3.83 | −0.26 pp |
| 2015 | 4.09 | +0.91 pp |
| 2014 | 3.17 | +0.23 pp |
| 2013 | 2.95 | +0.22 pp |
| 2012 | 2.73 | +0.07 pp |
| 2011 | 2.66 | −0.27 pp |
| 2010 | 2.93 | +0.07 pp |
| 2009 | 2.86 | +0.6 pp |
| 2008 | 2.26 | +0.15 pp |
| 2007 | 2.11 | −0.06 pp |
| 2006 | 2.17 | −0.8 pp |
| 2005 | 2.96 | +0.87 pp |
| 2004 | 2.09 | −0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 2.29 | +0.04 pp |
| 2002 | 2.25 | −0.07 pp |
| 2001 | 2.32 | +0.28 pp |
| 2000 | 2.04 | −0.61 pp |
| 1999 | 2.65 | −1.8 pp |
| 1998 | 4.45 | — |
| 1993 | 5.03 | +2.07 pp |
| 1992 | 2.96 | +0.54 pp |
| 1991 | 2.42 | — |
| 1979 | 4.54 | +0.45 pp |
| 1978 | 4.09 | +2.03 pp |
| 1977 | 2.06 | −3.04 pp |
| 1976 | 5.1 | −2.74 pp |
| 1975 | 7.84 | −0.46 pp |
| 1974 | 8.3 | −4.82 pp |
| 1973 | 13.12 | +1.08 pp |
| 1972 | 12.04 | — |
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.