Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Sri Lanka in 2024 — 27.25%. Ranked 37 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 52.49 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27.25 | +1.55 pp |
| 2023 | 25.7 | +2.45 pp |
| 2022 | 23.25 | −2.39 pp |
| 2021 | 25.65 | −0.96 pp |
| 2020 | 26.6 | +2.88 pp |
| 2019 | 23.72 | — |
| 2017 | 26.09 | +0.96 pp |
| 2016 | 25.13 | −0.54 pp |
| 2015 | 25.66 | −0.74 pp |
| 2014 | 26.4 | −0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 26.5 | +0.14 pp |
| 2012 | 26.36 | +0.62 pp |
| 2011 | 25.74 | −1.15 pp |
| 2010 | 26.89 | +0.52 pp |
| 2009 | 26.37 | +0.99 pp |
| 2008 | 25.38 | +1.38 pp |
| 2007 | 24 | +1.59 pp |
| 2006 | 22.41 | +0.18 pp |
| 2005 | 22.23 | +1.61 pp |
| 2004 | 20.62 | −0.41 pp |
| 2003 | 21.04 | +0.08 pp |
| 2002 | 20.95 | −0.26 pp |
| 2001 | 21.21 | +0.95 pp |
| 2000 | 20.26 | −0.86 pp |
| 1999 | 21.13 | — |
| 1994 | 21.23 | −0.78 pp |
| 1993 | 22.01 | −0.48 pp |
| 1992 | 22.5 | −7.41 pp |
| 1991 | 29.9 | −4.34 pp |
| 1990 | 34.25 | — |
| 1987 | 36.64 | −2.78 pp |
| 1986 | 39.43 | −8 pp |
| 1985 | 47.43 | −5.41 pp |
| 1984 | 52.84 | +5.74 pp |
| 1983 | 47.1 | +1.1 pp |
| 1982 | 46 | −1.51 pp |
| 1981 | 47.51 | +0.53 pp |
| 1980 | 46.98 | −7.28 pp |
| 1979 | 54.25 | −9.49 pp |
| 1978 | 63.75 | −1.46 pp |
| 1977 | 65.21 | +6.74 pp |
| 1976 | 58.47 | −5.34 pp |
| 1975 | 63.81 | +7.04 pp |
| 1974 | 56.77 | — |
| 1972 | 75.97 | −1.34 pp |
| 1971 | 77.31 | +4.71 pp |
| 1970 | 72.6 | +0.48 pp |
| 1969 | 72.12 | −6.47 pp |
| 1968 | 78.59 | +0.39 pp |
| 1967 | 78.2 | +2.37 pp |
| 1966 | 75.83 | −4.16 pp |
| 1965 | 79.99 | +0.78 pp |
| 1964 | 79.21 | −1.43 pp |
| 1963 | 80.65 | +0.9 pp |
| 1962 | 79.74 | — |
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.
