Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Central America in 2024 — 12.62%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 39.65 pp.
1965–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.62 | +1.04 pp |
| 2023 | 11.58 | +0.92 pp |
| 2022 | 10.65 | −1.33 pp |
| 2021 | 11.99 | −1.26 pp |
| 2020 | 13.25 | +0.78 pp |
| 2019 | 12.46 | +0.56 pp |
| 2018 | 11.9 | −0.78 pp |
| 2017 | 12.68 | +0.03 pp |
| 2016 | 12.66 | +0.81 pp |
| 2015 | 11.85 | +0.68 pp |
| 2014 | 11.17 | +0.66 pp |
| 2013 | 10.52 | −0.47 pp |
| 2012 | 10.98 | −0.74 pp |
| 2011 | 11.72 | +0.34 pp |
| 2010 | 11.38 | −1.92 pp |
| 2009 | 13.3 | +3.3 pp |
| 2008 | 10 | −0.69 pp |
| 2007 | 10.69 | −0.32 pp |
| 2006 | 11.01 | +0.01 pp |
| 2005 | 11 | +1.49 pp |
| 2004 | 9.5 | +0.02 pp |
| 2003 | 9.49 | +0.62 pp |
| 2002 | 8.86 | +0.27 pp |
| 2001 | 8.59 | +0.04 pp |
| 2000 | 8.55 | −0.96 pp |
| 1999 | 9.51 | −2.26 pp |
| 1998 | 11.77 | +0.06 pp |
| 1997 | 11.7 | −0.51 pp |
| 1996 | 12.22 | −2.33 pp |
| 1995 | 14.55 | +1.17 pp |
| 1994 | 13.38 | +2.65 pp |
| 1993 | 10.73 | — |
| 1987 | 20.86 | −5.42 pp |
| 1986 | 26.28 | +9.6 pp |
| 1985 | 16.68 | +0.66 pp |
| 1984 | 16.02 | +0.49 pp |
| 1983 | 15.53 | −0.71 pp |
| 1982 | 16.25 | −1.25 pp |
| 1981 | 17.5 | −5.86 pp |
| 1980 | 23.36 | −16.04 pp |
| 1979 | 39.41 | −4.37 pp |
| 1978 | 43.78 | −6.8 pp |
| 1977 | 50.58 | +2.73 pp |
| 1976 | 47.85 | +3.37 pp |
| 1975 | 44.49 | +1.26 pp |
| 1974 | 43.23 | −4.34 pp |
| 1973 | 47.56 | −5 pp |
| 1972 | 52.57 | +2.17 pp |
| 1971 | 50.39 | −1.4 pp |
| 1970 | 51.79 | +1.45 pp |
| 1969 | 50.35 | −1.16 pp |
| 1968 | 51.5 | −2.9 pp |
| 1967 | 54.4 | +3.38 pp |
| 1966 | 51.02 | −1.25 pp |
| 1965 | 52.27 | — |
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.