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Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Saint Kitts and Nevis

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2017 — 13.48%. Ranked 100 in the world out of 176. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 58.06 pp.

2017 13.48% −0.89 pp vs 2016
World rank 100of 176
Period maximum 74.46%1982
Period minimum 4.47%2005

Trend over time

1981–2017 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1981–201702040608019811985198919931997200120052009201320171981: 71.54%1982: 74.46%1983: 71.13%1986: 52.82%1987: 42.04%1993: 60.94%1994: 68.34%1995: 58.28%1996: 71.51%1997: 65.97%1999: 29.48%2000: 26.96%2001: 26.79%2002: 30.19%2003: 22.52%2004: 29%2005: 4.47%2006: 7.62%2007: 10.13%2008: 10.01%2009: 10.72%2010: 12.6%2011: 12.6%2012: 11.49%2013: 11.72%2014: 14.05%2015: 17.95%2016: 14.37%2017: 13.48%
Change over the period: −58.06 pp Annual average: -1.61 pp

Comparison, 2017

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.48%
World 8.73%
Latin America & Caribbean 23.91%
High-income countries computed 8.08%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Saint Kitts and Nevis, by year Saint Kitts and Nevis All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 13.48 −0.89 pp
2016 14.37 −3.58 pp
2015 17.95 +3.9 pp
2014 14.05 +2.33 pp
2013 11.72 +0.23 pp
2012 11.49 −1.12 pp
2011 12.6 −0 pp
2010 12.6 +1.88 pp
2009 10.72 +0.71 pp
2008 10.01 −0.11 pp
2007 10.13 +2.5 pp
2006 7.62 +3.15 pp
2005 4.47 −24.53 pp
2004 29 +6.48 pp
2003 22.52 −7.67 pp
2002 30.19 +3.4 pp
2001 26.79 −0.18 pp
2000 26.96 −2.51 pp
1999 29.48 —
1997 65.97 −5.54 pp
1996 71.51 +13.23 pp
1995 58.28 −10.06 pp
1994 68.34 +7.4 pp
1993 60.94 —
1987 42.04 −10.78 pp
1986 52.82 —
1983 71.13 −3.33 pp
1982 74.46 +2.92 pp
1981 71.54 —

Caribbean, 2017

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

VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.38 GD Grenada 80.49 DM Dominica 58.89 AG Antigua and Barbuda 52.27 AW Aruba 44.23 CU Cuba 41.56 BB Barbados 36.56 LC Saint Lucia 30.12 JM Jamaica 27.08 DO Dominican Republic 21.91 BS Bahamas 18.23 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.48 TT Trinidad and Tobago 3.95
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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.

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