Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Somalia in 1982 — 93.73%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 104. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 17.19 pp.
1962–1982 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Somalia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 93.73 | −3.78 pp |
| 1981 | 97.51 | +10.85 pp |
| 1980 | 86.66 | −1.91 pp |
| 1979 | 88.57 | −7.83 pp |
| 1978 | 96.4 | +5.99 pp |
| 1977 | 90.41 | +2.88 pp |
| 1976 | 87.53 | −2.77 pp |
| 1975 | 90.3 | −1.69 pp |
| 1974 | 92 | +3.46 pp |
| 1973 | 88.54 | −1.01 pp |
| 1972 | 89.54 | +3.48 pp |
| 1971 | 86.06 | +0.58 pp |
| 1970 | 85.48 | — |
| 1966 | 83.98 | — |
| 1962 | 76.54 | — |
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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.
