Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — North America

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in North America in 2024 — 10.33%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 10.23 pp.

2024 10.33% +0.08 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 21.77%1964
Period minimum 7.19%2000

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — North America, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 20.55%1964: 21.77%1966: 21.07%1968: 15.97%1970: 15.19%1972: 16.77%1974: 19.43%1976: 17.7%1978: 18.13%1980: 16.97%1982: 16.32%1984: 15.56%1986: 11.88%1989: 10.93%1991: 10.11%1993: 9.94%1995: 9.9%1997: 8.85%1999: 7.68%2001: 7.89%2003: 8.38%2005: 7.39%2007: 8.11%2009: 10.34%2011: 9.87%2013: 10.07%2015: 10.46%2017: 10.61%2019: 9.73%2021: 11.54%2023: 10.24%2024: 10.33%
Change over the period: −10.23 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America

North America 10.33%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 10.33 +0.08 pp
2023 10.24 −0.35 pp
2022 10.59 −0.94 pp
2021 11.54 −0.51 pp
2020 12.04 +2.32 pp
2019 9.73 −0.22 pp
2018 9.94 −0.67 pp
2017 10.61 −0.47 pp
2016 11.08 +0.62 pp
2015 10.46 +0.01 pp
2014 10.45 +0.37 pp
2013 10.07 +0.09 pp
2012 9.98 +0.11 pp
2011 9.87 +0.1 pp
2010 9.78 −0.56 pp
2009 10.34 +1.04 pp
2008 9.3 +1.19 pp
2007 8.11 +0.88 pp
2006 7.23 −0.16 pp
2005 7.39 −0.52 pp
2004 7.9 −0.48 pp
2003 8.38 +0.36 pp
2002 8.02 +0.13 pp
2001 7.89 +0.7 pp
2000 7.19 −0.49 pp
1999 7.68 −0.56 pp
1998 8.23 −0.62 pp
1997 8.85 −1.27 pp
1996 10.13 +0.22 pp
1995 9.9 +0.27 pp
1994 9.63 −0.31 pp
1993 9.94 −0.61 pp
1992 10.55 +0.44 pp
1991 10.11 −0.44 pp
1990 10.55 −0.38 pp
1989 10.93
1987 11.18 −0.71 pp
1986 11.88 −0.71 pp
1985 12.59 −2.97 pp
1984 15.56 −1.15 pp
1983 16.72 +0.4 pp
1982 16.32 −0.96 pp
1981 17.28 +0.3 pp
1980 16.97 −0.29 pp
1979 17.27 −0.86 pp
1978 18.13 +0.93 pp
1977 17.2 −0.5 pp
1976 17.7 −0.67 pp
1975 18.37 −1.05 pp
1974 19.43 −2.16 pp
1973 21.58 +4.82 pp
1972 16.77 +1.13 pp
1971 15.64 +0.45 pp
1970 15.19 +1.11 pp
1969 14.07 −1.9 pp
1968 15.97 −2.16 pp
1967 18.14 −2.93 pp
1966 21.07 +0.04 pp
1965 21.03 −0.74 pp
1964 21.77 +0.27 pp
1963 21.5 +0.95 pp
1962 20.55

About the indicator

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.

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