Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — OPEC

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in OPEC in 2019 — 2.94%. Since 1968, the indicator has fallen by 3.1 pp.

2019 2.94% −0.04 pp vs 2018
World rank
Period maximum 7.96%1973
Period minimum 0.58%2008

Trend over time

1968–2019 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — OPEC, 1968–20190246819681974198019861992199820042010201620191968: 6.04%1969: 5.92%1970: 6.08%1971: 4.2%1972: 6.72%1973: 7.96%1974: 3.54%1975: 4.64%1976: 3.66%1977: 0.99%1978: 1.26%1979: 0.88%1998: 2.11%1999: 1.39%2000: 0.82%2001: 1.03%2002: 1.07%2003: 1.09%2004: 0.92%2005: 1%2006: 0.9%2007: 0.72%2008: 0.58%2009: 1.18%2010: 1.66%2011: 1.19%2012: 1.35%2013: 1.43%2014: 1.62%2015: 2.41%2016: 2.37%2017: 2.19%2018: 2.98%2019: 2.94%
Change over the period: −3.1 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

OPEC 2.94%
World 8.49%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 2.94 −0.04 pp
2018 2.98 +0.79 pp
2017 2.19 −0.19 pp
2016 2.37 −0.04 pp
2015 2.41 +0.79 pp
2014 1.62 +0.19 pp
2013 1.43 +0.08 pp
2012 1.35 +0.17 pp
2011 1.19 −0.47 pp
2010 1.66 +0.48 pp
2009 1.18 +0.6 pp
2008 0.58 −0.14 pp
2007 0.72 −0.18 pp
2006 0.9 −0.09 pp
2005 1 +0.07 pp
2004 0.92 −0.17 pp
2003 1.09 +0.03 pp
2002 1.07 +0.04 pp
2001 1.03 +0.2 pp
2000 0.82 −0.57 pp
1999 1.39 −0.72 pp
1998 2.11
1979 0.88 −0.37 pp
1978 1.26 +0.27 pp
1977 0.99 −2.67 pp
1976 3.66 −0.98 pp
1975 4.64 +1.1 pp
1974 3.54 −4.42 pp
1973 7.96 +1.24 pp
1972 6.72 +2.52 pp
1971 4.2 −1.88 pp
1970 6.08 +0.16 pp
1969 5.92 −0.13 pp
1968 6.04

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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