Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in South Korea in 2024 — 1.63%. Ranked 124 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 37.56 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Korea
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.63 | −0.02 pp |
| 2023 | 1.65 | +0.17 pp |
| 2022 | 1.47 | −0 pp |
| 2021 | 1.47 | −0.15 pp |
| 2020 | 1.63 | +0.17 pp |
| 2019 | 1.46 | +0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 1.26 | −0.05 pp |
| 2017 | 1.3 | −0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 1.4 | +0.18 pp |
| 2015 | 1.22 | +0.07 pp |
| 2014 | 1.15 | +0.04 pp |
| 2013 | 1.11 | −0.06 pp |
| 2012 | 1.17 | +0.06 pp |
| 2011 | 1.11 | +0.04 pp |
| 2010 | 1.07 | −0.06 pp |
| 2009 | 1.13 | +0.21 pp |
| 2008 | 0.92 | +0.02 pp |
| 2007 | 0.9 | −0.02 pp |
| 2006 | 0.92 | −0.14 pp |
| 2005 | 1.06 | −0.11 pp |
| 2004 | 1.17 | −0.19 pp |
| 2003 | 1.36 | −0.17 pp |
| 2002 | 1.53 | −0.12 pp |
| 2001 | 1.65 | +0.12 pp |
| 2000 | 1.53 | −0.43 pp |
| 1999 | 1.96 | −0.03 pp |
| 1998 | 1.99 | −0.14 pp |
| 1997 | 2.14 | −0.14 pp |
| 1996 | 2.28 | +0.02 pp |
| 1995 | 2.26 | −0.25 pp |
| 1994 | 2.5 | −0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 2.6 | −0.27 pp |
| 1992 | 2.87 | −0.29 pp |
| 1991 | 3.17 | −0.16 pp |
| 1990 | 3.33 | −0.41 pp |
| 1989 | 3.73 | −0.42 pp |
| 1988 | 4.15 | −0.45 pp |
| 1987 | 4.61 | −0.2 pp |
| 1986 | 4.81 | +0.7 pp |
| 1985 | 4.11 | −0.25 pp |
| 1984 | 4.36 | −0.62 pp |
| 1983 | 4.99 | −0.58 pp |
| 1982 | 5.57 | −1.3 pp |
| 1981 | 6.87 | −0.52 pp |
| 1980 | 7.39 | −0.81 pp |
| 1979 | 8.21 | −0.21 pp |
| 1978 | 8.42 | −2.18 pp |
| 1977 | 10.59 | +2.95 pp |
| 1976 | 7.64 | −5.59 pp |
| 1975 | 13.23 | +5.41 pp |
| 1974 | 7.83 | −0.54 pp |
| 1973 | 8.37 | +0.86 pp |
| 1972 | 7.51 | −0.54 pp |
| 1971 | 8.04 | −1.59 pp |
| 1970 | 9.63 | −0.94 pp |
| 1969 | 10.57 | −1.12 pp |
| 1968 | 11.69 | −2.4 pp |
| 1967 | 14.09 | −4.96 pp |
| 1966 | 19.05 | +2.39 pp |
| 1965 | 16.66 | −5.79 pp |
| 1964 | 22.45 | +2.98 pp |
| 1963 | 19.47 | −19.71 pp |
| 1962 | 39.18 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
