Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — OECD

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the OECD in 2024 — 9.47%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 11.05 pp.

2024 9.47% +0.37 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 20.51%1962
Period minimum 6.78%2006

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — OECD, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 20.51%1964: 18.64%1966: 17.76%1968: 15.56%1970: 14.88%1972: 15.12%1974: 14.39%1976: 14.11%1978: 14.33%1980: 12.97%1982: 12.47%1984: 11.7%1986: 11.32%1988: 9.28%1990: 9.66%1992: 10.14%1994: 9.71%1996: 9.32%1998: 8.3%2000: 7.03%2002: 7.44%2004: 7.22%2006: 6.78%2008: 7.52%2010: 8.08%2012: 8.31%2014: 8.75%2016: 9.23%2018: 8.58%2020: 9.82%2022: 8.73%2024: 9.47%
Change over the period: −11.05 pp Annual average: -0.18 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 9.47%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.47 +0.37 pp
2023 9.09 +0.36 pp
2022 8.73 −0.37 pp
2021 9.11 −0.72 pp
2020 9.82 +1.12 pp
2019 8.71 +0.13 pp
2018 8.58 −0.44 pp
2017 9.02 −0.21 pp
2016 9.23 +0.28 pp
2015 8.95 +0.2 pp
2014 8.75 +0.17 pp
2013 8.58 +0.27 pp
2012 8.31 +0.16 pp
2011 8.15 +0.08 pp
2010 8.08 −0.44 pp
2009 8.52 +1 pp
2008 7.52 +0.5 pp
2007 7.02 +0.24 pp
2006 6.78 −0.25 pp
2005 7.02 −0.19 pp
2004 7.22 −0.3 pp
2003 7.52 +0.08 pp
2002 7.44 +0.09 pp
2001 7.35 +0.32 pp
2000 7.03 −0.99 pp
1999 8.02 −0.28 pp
1998 8.3 −0.34 pp
1997 8.64 −0.68 pp
1996 9.32 −0.07 pp
1995 9.39 −0.31 pp
1994 9.71 −0.14 pp
1993 9.85 −0.28 pp
1992 10.14 +0.2 pp
1991 9.94 +0.28 pp
1990 9.66 −0.22 pp
1989 9.88 +0.6 pp
1988 9.28 −1.53 pp
1987 10.81 −0.51 pp
1986 11.32 +0.55 pp
1985 10.77 −0.93 pp
1984 11.7 −0.45 pp
1983 12.15 −0.32 pp
1982 12.47 −0.57 pp
1981 13.04 +0.07 pp
1980 12.97 −0.76 pp
1979 13.73 −0.59 pp
1978 14.33 −0.08 pp
1977 14.4 +0.29 pp
1976 14.11 −0.61 pp
1975 14.72 +0.33 pp
1974 14.39 −1.27 pp
1973 15.66 +0.55 pp
1972 15.12 +0.21 pp
1971 14.91 +0.03 pp
1970 14.88 +0.02 pp
1969 14.85 −0.71 pp
1968 15.56 −1.59 pp
1967 17.16 −0.6 pp
1966 17.76 −0.27 pp
1965 18.03 −0.61 pp
1964 18.64 +0.49 pp
1963 18.15 −2.36 pp
1962 20.51

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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