Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Republic of the Congo

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the Republic of the Congo in 2023 — 0.17%. Ranked 158 in the world out of 160. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 9.28 pp.

2023 0.17% −0.07 pp vs 2022
World rank 158of 160
Period maximum 17.59%1967
Period minimum 0.15%2011

Trend over time

1962–2023 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Republic of the Congo, 1962–20230510152019621969197619831990199720042011201820231962: 9.45%1963: 8.85%1964: 6.37%1965: 5.36%1966: 5.49%1967: 17.59%1968: 7.82%1970: 17.51%1971: 17.48%1972: 12.59%1973: 2.99%1974: 3.85%1975: 4.73%1976: 4.26%1977: 10.11%1978: 7.02%1979: 3.09%1980: 1.02%1983: 1.19%1984: 1.55%1985: 1.46%1986: 1.56%1993: 1.25%1994: 0.91%1995: 1.01%2007: 0.36%2008: 0.4%2009: 0.43%2010: 0.48%2011: 0.15%2012: 0.21%2013: 0.15%2014: 0.22%2015: 0.21%2016: 0.26%2017: 0.33%2018: 0.21%2019: 0.39%2020: 0.38%2021: 0.81%2022: 0.24%2023: 0.17%
Change over the period: −9.28 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 0.17%
World 8.78%
Middle Africa computed 1.74%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.17 −0.07 pp
2022 0.24 −0.57 pp
2021 0.81 +0.43 pp
2020 0.38 −0.01 pp
2019 0.39 +0.18 pp
2018 0.21 −0.12 pp
2017 0.33 +0.07 pp
2016 0.26 +0.05 pp
2015 0.21 −0.01 pp
2014 0.22 +0.07 pp
2013 0.15 −0.06 pp
2012 0.21 +0.06 pp
2011 0.15 −0.34 pp
2010 0.48 +0.05 pp
2009 0.43 +0.03 pp
2008 0.4 +0.03 pp
2007 0.36
1995 1.01 +0.1 pp
1994 0.91 −0.34 pp
1993 1.25
1986 1.56 +0.1 pp
1985 1.46 −0.1 pp
1984 1.55 +0.36 pp
1983 1.19
1980 1.02 −2.07 pp
1979 3.09 −3.93 pp
1978 7.02 −3.09 pp
1977 10.11 +5.85 pp
1976 4.26 −0.47 pp
1975 4.73 +0.88 pp
1974 3.85 +0.86 pp
1973 2.99 −9.6 pp
1972 12.59 −4.9 pp
1971 17.48 −0.03 pp
1970 17.51
1968 7.82 −9.77 pp
1967 17.59 +12.1 pp
1966 5.49 +0.13 pp
1965 5.36 −1.01 pp
1964 6.37 −2.48 pp
1963 8.85 −0.6 pp
1962 9.45

Middle Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.