Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Eastern Africa in 2023 — 32.35%. Since 1995, the indicator has fallen by 14.73 pp.
1995–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 32.35 | −0.18 pp |
| 2022 | 32.53 | −0.76 pp |
| 2021 | 33.29 | −0.09 pp |
| 2020 | 33.38 | +0.43 pp |
| 2019 | 32.95 | −1.67 pp |
| 2018 | 34.62 | −2.5 pp |
| 2017 | 37.12 | −1.01 pp |
| 2016 | 38.13 | +0.03 pp |
| 2015 | 38.1 | +3.99 pp |
| 2014 | 34.11 | +0.78 pp |
| 2013 | 33.33 | +1.83 pp |
| 2012 | 31.51 | +1.86 pp |
| 2011 | 29.64 | −2.78 pp |
| 2010 | 32.43 | −3.3 pp |
| 2009 | 35.73 | +3.34 pp |
| 2008 | 32.39 | +0.65 pp |
| 2007 | 31.75 | +0.51 pp |
| 2006 | 31.23 | −4.36 pp |
| 2005 | 35.59 | −2.37 pp |
| 2004 | 37.96 | −1.38 pp |
| 2003 | 39.34 | +3.38 pp |
| 2002 | 35.96 | −9.99 pp |
| 2001 | 45.95 | +0.25 pp |
| 2000 | 45.7 | −2.76 pp |
| 1999 | 48.46 | −1.42 pp |
| 1998 | 49.88 | −0.25 pp |
| 1997 | 50.13 | +1.73 pp |
| 1996 | 48.4 | +1.32 pp |
| 1995 | 47.08 | — |
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.