Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in New Zealand in 2025 — 68.97%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 24. Since 1964, the indicator has risen by 16.54 pp.
1964–2025 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: New Zealand
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.97 | +1.92 pp |
| 2024 | 67.06 | +1.3 pp |
| 2023 | 65.76 | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 65.65 | −0.56 pp |
| 2021 | 66.21 | −1.64 pp |
| 2020 | 67.85 | +2.83 pp |
| 2019 | 65.03 | +3.15 pp |
| 2018 | 61.88 | −0.31 pp |
| 2017 | 62.19 | +1.51 pp |
| 2016 | 60.69 | +0.63 pp |
| 2015 | 60.06 | −0.41 pp |
| 2014 | 60.47 | +2.39 pp |
| 2013 | 58.08 | +2.26 pp |
| 2012 | 55.82 | +0.38 pp |
| 2011 | 55.45 | +0.43 pp |
| 2010 | 55.02 | +0.2 pp |
| 2009 | 54.81 | +2.82 pp |
| 2008 | 51.99 | +0 pp |
| 2007 | 51.99 | +0.5 pp |
| 2006 | 51.49 | −0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 51.79 | +1.33 pp |
| 2004 | 50.45 | +1.41 pp |
| 2003 | 49.04 | +0.6 pp |
| 2002 | 48.44 | −0.62 pp |
| 2001 | 49.06 | +3.57 pp |
| 2000 | 45.49 | −0.05 pp |
| 1999 | 45.54 | −0.69 pp |
| 1998 | 46.23 | −0 pp |
| 1997 | 46.23 | +0.07 pp |
| 1996 | 46.16 | +2.28 pp |
| 1995 | 43.88 | −0.42 pp |
| 1994 | 44.3 | −2.83 pp |
| 1993 | 47.13 | −1.81 pp |
| 1992 | 48.94 | +1.29 pp |
| 1991 | 47.64 | +0.68 pp |
| 1990 | 46.96 | +1.35 pp |
| 1989 | 45.61 | +0.99 pp |
| 1988 | 44.61 | −2.65 pp |
| 1987 | 47.27 | −0.9 pp |
| 1986 | 48.16 | −0.14 pp |
| 1985 | 48.3 | +0.28 pp |
| 1984 | 48.02 | −3.7 pp |
| 1983 | 51.71 | −2.14 pp |
| 1982 | 53.86 | +2.7 pp |
| 1981 | 51.15 | +3.25 pp |
| 1980 | 47.9 | +1.12 pp |
| 1979 | 46.78 | −0.35 pp |
| 1978 | 47.13 | −0.51 pp |
| 1977 | 47.64 | −1.76 pp |
| 1976 | 49.4 | −4.52 pp |
| 1975 | 53.92 | +1.13 pp |
| 1974 | 52.79 | −1.19 pp |
| 1973 | 53.98 | −2.95 pp |
| 1972 | 56.94 | −4.03 pp |
| 1971 | 60.97 | +1.86 pp |
| 1970 | 59.1 | +1.03 pp |
| 1969 | 58.07 | −0.82 pp |
| 1968 | 58.89 | −4.61 pp |
| 1967 | 63.5 | +10.66 pp |
| 1966 | 52.84 | −3.77 pp |
| 1965 | 56.61 | +4.17 pp |
| 1964 | 52.44 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
New Zealand
68.97
Australia
13.74
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.