Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Palestine in 2023 — 21.4%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 160. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.65 pp.
2000–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Palestine
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.4 | +1.63 pp |
| 2022 | 19.76 | +1.23 pp |
| 2021 | 18.53 | −2.62 pp |
| 2020 | 21.15 | −1.06 pp |
| 2019 | 22.21 | −1.57 pp |
| 2018 | 23.78 | −1.37 pp |
| 2017 | 25.15 | −2.5 pp |
| 2016 | 27.65 | +0.67 pp |
| 2015 | 26.98 | +7.34 pp |
| 2014 | 19.64 | +4.27 pp |
| 2013 | 15.37 | −1.65 pp |
| 2012 | 17.02 | +4.43 pp |
| 2011 | 12.59 | −8.16 pp |
| 2010 | 20.75 | +1.88 pp |
| 2009 | 18.87 | +0.26 pp |
| 2008 | 18.61 | −1.35 pp |
| 2007 | 19.95 | +7.25 pp |
| 2006 | 12.71 | −2.41 pp |
| 2005 | 15.12 | −0.25 pp |
| 2004 | 15.37 | +0.17 pp |
| 2003 | 15.2 | +0.86 pp |
| 2002 | 14.34 | +0.32 pp |
| 2001 | 14.02 | −11.03 pp |
| 2000 | 25.05 | — |
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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.
