Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central Asia

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Central Asia in 2024 — 7.27%. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 1.15 pp.

2024 7.27% +0.08 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 8.42%1998
Period minimum 1.44%2000

Trend over time

1998–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central Asia, 1998–202402.557.51019982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 8.42%1999: 6.62%2000: 1.44%2014: 3.83%2015: 4.75%2016: 5.84%2017: 5.64%2018: 5.78%2019: 6.65%2020: 8.33%2021: 7.4%2022: 7.88%2023: 7.19%2024: 7.27%
Change over the period: −1.15 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Central Asia 7.27%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 7.27 +0.08 pp
2023 7.19 −0.69 pp
2022 7.88 +0.48 pp
2021 7.4 −0.93 pp
2020 8.33 +1.68 pp
2019 6.65 +0.87 pp
2018 5.78 +0.14 pp
2017 5.64 −0.2 pp
2016 5.84 +1.09 pp
2015 4.75 +0.92 pp
2014 3.83
2000 1.44 −5.18 pp
1999 6.62 −1.8 pp
1998 8.42

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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.