Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 14.66%. Since 1974, the indicator has fallen by 13.21 pp.
1974–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.66 | +1.1 pp |
| 2023 | 13.56 | +0.69 pp |
| 2022 | 12.87 | −0.56 pp |
| 2021 | 13.43 | −0.31 pp |
| 2020 | 13.74 | +0.35 pp |
| 2019 | 13.39 | −1.38 pp |
| 2018 | 14.77 | −0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 14.87 | −0.68 pp |
| 2016 | 15.55 | +0.55 pp |
| 2015 | 15 | +1.93 pp |
| 2014 | 13.07 | +0.03 pp |
| 2013 | 13.04 | +0.77 pp |
| 2012 | 12.27 | +0.57 pp |
| 2011 | 11.7 | −1.72 pp |
| 2010 | 13.42 | −0.87 pp |
| 2009 | 14.28 | +2.29 pp |
| 2008 | 11.99 | +0.28 pp |
| 2007 | 11.71 | −2.25 pp |
| 2006 | 13.96 | −2.48 pp |
| 2005 | 16.44 | −1.78 pp |
| 2004 | 18.22 | +1.11 pp |
| 2003 | 17.11 | +0.91 pp |
| 2002 | 16.21 | −1.03 pp |
| 2001 | 17.24 | +0.45 pp |
| 2000 | 16.79 | −3.19 pp |
| 1999 | 19.98 | −0.23 pp |
| 1998 | 20.21 | +0.56 pp |
| 1997 | 19.64 | +0.5 pp |
| 1996 | 19.14 | — |
| 1981 | 18.58 | — |
| 1979 | 23.46 | −2.92 pp |
| 1978 | 26.38 | −0.82 pp |
| 1977 | 27.21 | −0.23 pp |
| 1976 | 27.43 | −0.72 pp |
| 1975 | 28.15 | +0.28 pp |
| 1974 | 27.87 | — |
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.