Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Spain

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Spain in 2024 — 18.65%. Ranked 56 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 36.85 pp.

2024 18.65% +1.38 pp vs 2023
World rank 56of 131
Period maximum 55.5%1962
Period minimum 13.55%2006

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Spain, 1962–2024020406019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 55.5%1964: 52.85%1966: 43.56%1968: 36.59%1970: 35.12%1972: 27.94%1974: 24.05%1976: 22.52%1978: 19.71%1980: 17.98%1982: 16.13%1984: 15.65%1986: 16.34%1988: 17.22%1990: 14.73%1992: 15.19%1994: 15.84%1996: 15.52%1998: 15.25%2000: 13.55%2002: 15.05%2004: 14.5%2006: 13.55%2008: 14.28%2010: 15.15%2012: 15.27%2014: 15.74%2016: 16.99%2018: 15.87%2020: 18.96%2022: 16%2024: 18.65%
Change over the period: −36.85 pp Annual average: -0.59 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Spain 18.65%
World 9.14%
Southern Europe computed 13.74%
High-income countries computed 8.92%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 18.65 +1.38 pp
2023 17.26 +1.27 pp
2022 16 −1.41 pp
2021 17.4 −1.56 pp
2020 18.96 +2.54 pp
2019 16.42 +0.56 pp
2018 15.87 −0.94 pp
2017 16.81 −0.18 pp
2016 16.99 +0.5 pp
2015 16.49 +0.75 pp
2014 15.74 +0.38 pp
2013 15.36 +0.09 pp
2012 15.27 +0.72 pp
2011 14.55 −0.6 pp
2010 15.15 −1.02 pp
2009 16.17 +1.89 pp
2008 14.28 +0.61 pp
2007 13.67 +0.12 pp
2006 13.55 −0.55 pp
2005 14.1 −0.4 pp
2004 14.5 −0.57 pp
2003 15.07 +0.01 pp
2002 15.05 +0.49 pp
2001 14.57 +1.02 pp
2000 13.55 −1.05 pp
1999 14.6 −0.65 pp
1998 15.25 −0.6 pp
1997 15.85 +0.33 pp
1996 15.52 +0.1 pp
1995 15.43 −0.41 pp
1994 15.84 −0.07 pp
1993 15.91 +0.72 pp
1992 15.19 −0.24 pp
1991 15.43 +0.7 pp
1990 14.73 −1.03 pp
1989 15.76 −1.46 pp
1988 17.22 −0.56 pp
1987 17.78 +1.45 pp
1986 16.34 +1.45 pp
1985 14.89 −0.76 pp
1984 15.65 −0.1 pp
1983 15.74 −0.38 pp
1982 16.13 −2.41 pp
1981 18.54 +0.56 pp
1980 17.98 −2.32 pp
1979 20.29 +0.59 pp
1978 19.71 −1.46 pp
1977 21.17 −1.35 pp
1976 22.52 +0.29 pp
1975 22.23 −1.82 pp
1974 24.05 −5.25 pp
1973 29.29 +1.35 pp
1972 27.94 −2.9 pp
1971 30.84 −4.27 pp
1970 35.12 +1.85 pp
1969 33.26 −3.33 pp
1968 36.59 −8.39 pp
1967 44.98 +1.42 pp
1966 43.56 −3.61 pp
1965 47.17 −5.68 pp
1964 52.85 +0.77 pp
1963 52.09 −3.42 pp
1962 55.5

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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