Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Seychelles

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the Seychelles in 2024 — 85.88%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 131. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 4.47 pp.

2024 85.88% −1.81 pp vs 2023
World rank 6of 131
Period maximum 99.94%1999
Period minimum 11.07%1985

Trend over time

1971–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Seychelles, 1971–2024025507510019711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 90.34%1972: 90.22%1973: 92.69%1974: 95.04%1975: 93.92%1976: 91.24%1977: 91.19%1978: 88.99%1979: 91.69%1980: 90.7%1981: 86.63%1982: 96.39%1983: 96.86%1984: 12.08%1985: 11.07%1986: 96.14%1987: 99.05%1992: 99.24%1993: 98.82%1994: 98.75%1995: 98.6%1996: 99.3%1997: 99.08%1998: 99.94%1999: 99.94%2000: 94.91%2001: 98.87%2002: 96.44%2003: 99.74%2004: 99.5%2005: 90.84%2006: 93.21%2007: 97.85%2008: 94.81%2009: 81.19%2010: 85.06%2011: 39.74%2012: 88.55%2013: 95.28%2014: 95.72%2015: 79.26%2016: 89.58%2017: 72.93%2018: 78.89%2019: 78.13%2020: 78.9%2021: 92.18%2022: 90.74%2023: 87.69%2024: 85.88%
Change over the period: −4.47 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Seychelles 85.88%
World 9.14%
High-income countries computed 8.92%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 85.88 −1.81 pp
2023 87.69 −3.06 pp
2022 90.74 −1.44 pp
2021 92.18 +13.28 pp
2020 78.9 +0.77 pp
2019 78.13 −0.76 pp
2018 78.89 +5.96 pp
2017 72.93 −16.65 pp
2016 89.58 +10.32 pp
2015 79.26 −16.46 pp
2014 95.72 +0.44 pp
2013 95.28 +6.73 pp
2012 88.55 +48.81 pp
2011 39.74 −45.33 pp
2010 85.06 +3.87 pp
2009 81.19 −13.62 pp
2008 94.81 −3.04 pp
2007 97.85 +4.63 pp
2006 93.21 +2.37 pp
2005 90.84 −8.66 pp
2004 99.5 −0.24 pp
2003 99.74 +3.29 pp
2002 96.44 −2.42 pp
2001 98.87 +3.96 pp
2000 94.91 −5.03 pp
1999 99.94 +0 pp
1998 99.94 +0.85 pp
1997 99.08 −0.21 pp
1996 99.3 +0.69 pp
1995 98.6 −0.15 pp
1994 98.75 −0.06 pp
1993 98.82 −0.42 pp
1992 99.24
1987 99.05 +2.91 pp
1986 96.14 +85.06 pp
1985 11.07 −1.01 pp
1984 12.08 −84.78 pp
1983 96.86 +0.48 pp
1982 96.39 +9.75 pp
1981 86.63 −4.07 pp
1980 90.7 −1 pp
1979 91.69 +2.71 pp
1978 88.99 −2.2 pp
1977 91.19 −0.06 pp
1976 91.24 −2.68 pp
1975 93.92 −1.12 pp
1974 95.04 +2.35 pp
1973 92.69 +2.47 pp
1972 90.22 −0.12 pp
1971 90.34

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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