Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Rwanda

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Rwanda in 2022 — 27.24%. Ranked 45 in the world out of 163. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 29.78 pp.

2022 27.24% −6.93 pp vs 2021
World rank 45of 163
Period maximum 79.3%1999
Period minimum 0.11%2002

Trend over time

1996–2022 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Rwanda, 1996–202202040608019961999200220052008201120142017202020221996: 57.02%1997: 54.49%1998: 69.44%1999: 79.3%2001: 56.66%2002: 0.11%2003: 61.43%2004: 58.84%2005: 56.61%2006: 61.29%2007: 44.52%2008: 66.32%2009: 49.62%2010: 52.51%2011: 43.68%2012: 48%2013: 36.68%2014: 36.24%2015: 46.58%2016: 44.94%2017: 35.56%2018: 37.98%2019: 34.79%2020: 24.69%2021: 34.17%2022: 27.24%
Change over the period: −29.78 pp Annual average: -1.15 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Rwanda 27.24%
World 8.42%
Eastern Africa computed 32.53%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 27.24 −6.93 pp
2021 34.17 +9.48 pp
2020 24.69 −10.1 pp
2019 34.79 −3.18 pp
2018 37.98 +2.41 pp
2017 35.56 −9.38 pp
2016 44.94 −1.64 pp
2015 46.58 +10.34 pp
2014 36.24 −0.44 pp
2013 36.68 −11.32 pp
2012 48 +4.32 pp
2011 43.68 −8.83 pp
2010 52.51 +2.89 pp
2009 49.62 −16.7 pp
2008 66.32 +21.8 pp
2007 44.52 −16.77 pp
2006 61.29 +4.68 pp
2005 56.61 −2.23 pp
2004 58.84 −2.59 pp
2003 61.43 +61.32 pp
2002 0.11 −56.55 pp
2001 56.66
1999 79.3 +9.85 pp
1998 69.44 +14.95 pp
1997 54.49 −2.53 pp
1996 57.02

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.