Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in South Asia in 2024 — 11.81%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 28.63 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.81 | +0.17 pp |
| 2023 | 11.64 | −0.12 pp |
| 2022 | 11.77 | −0.31 pp |
| 2021 | 12.08 | −1.4 pp |
| 2020 | 13.47 | +2.39 pp |
| 2019 | 11.09 | +1.24 pp |
| 2018 | 9.85 | −1.53 pp |
| 2017 | 11.38 | +0.48 pp |
| 2016 | 10.9 | −0.12 pp |
| 2015 | 11.02 | −0.99 pp |
| 2014 | 12.02 | +1.03 pp |
| 2013 | 10.98 | +0.63 pp |
| 2012 | 10.35 | +1.27 pp |
| 2011 | 9.09 | +0.54 pp |
| 2010 | 8.54 | +0.28 pp |
| 2009 | 8.26 | −1.81 pp |
| 2008 | 10.07 | +0.59 pp |
| 2007 | 9.48 | +0.65 pp |
| 2006 | 8.83 | −0.38 pp |
| 2005 | 9.2 | −1.14 pp |
| 2004 | 10.35 | −0.57 pp |
| 2003 | 10.91 | −1.52 pp |
| 2002 | 12.43 | −0.4 pp |
| 2001 | 12.84 | +0.31 pp |
| 2000 | 12.53 | −2.27 pp |
| 1999 | 14.8 | −1.33 pp |
| 1998 | 16.13 | −0.67 pp |
| 1997 | 16.8 | −0.88 pp |
| 1996 | 17.68 | −0.16 pp |
| 1995 | 17.84 | +2.32 pp |
| 1994 | 15.52 | −0.95 pp |
| 1993 | 16.47 | +0.61 pp |
| 1992 | 15.86 | −0.95 pp |
| 1991 | 16.81 | +0.73 pp |
| 1990 | 16.08 | −0.47 pp |
| 1989 | 16.55 | −0.11 pp |
| 1988 | 16.67 | −3.52 pp |
| 1987 | 20.19 | −4.3 pp |
| 1986 | 24.49 | −0.85 pp |
| 1985 | 25.34 | +1.59 pp |
| 1984 | 23.75 | −0.49 pp |
| 1983 | 24.24 | −2.51 pp |
| 1982 | 26.74 | −2.47 pp |
| 1981 | 29.22 | +2.06 pp |
| 1980 | 27.15 | −2.58 pp |
| 1979 | 29.73 | +1.56 pp |
| 1978 | 28.17 | −3.14 pp |
| 1977 | 31.32 | −1.29 pp |
| 1976 | 32.61 | −6.07 pp |
| 1975 | 38.68 | +5.22 pp |
| 1974 | 33.45 | +0.12 pp |
| 1973 | 33.34 | +1.9 pp |
| 1972 | 31.44 | −0.76 pp |
| 1971 | 32.2 | +0.89 pp |
| 1970 | 31.3 | +1.81 pp |
| 1969 | 29.49 | −4.19 pp |
| 1968 | 33.68 | −1.69 pp |
| 1967 | 35.37 | +1.34 pp |
| 1966 | 34.03 | −1.15 pp |
| 1965 | 35.18 | −3.04 pp |
| 1964 | 38.22 | −3.19 pp |
| 1963 | 41.41 | +0.97 pp |
| 1962 | 40.44 | — |
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.