Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 2.07%. Since 1984, the indicator has fallen by 0.79 pp.
1984–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.07 | −0.03 pp |
| 2023 | 2.1 | +0.14 pp |
| 2022 | 1.96 | +0.01 pp |
| 2021 | 1.95 | −0.23 pp |
| 2020 | 2.19 | −0.11 pp |
| 2019 | 2.3 | +0.02 pp |
| 2018 | 2.27 | −0.04 pp |
| 2017 | 2.32 | −0.3 pp |
| 2016 | 2.62 | −0.25 pp |
| 2015 | 2.87 | +0.31 pp |
| 2014 | 2.56 | +0.22 pp |
| 2013 | 2.34 | +0.15 pp |
| 2012 | 2.19 | −0.07 pp |
| 2011 | 2.25 | +0.07 pp |
| 2010 | 2.19 | +0.02 pp |
| 2009 | 2.16 | +0.35 pp |
| 2008 | 1.82 | −0.05 pp |
| 2007 | 1.86 | +0.08 pp |
| 2006 | 1.78 | −0.12 pp |
| 2005 | 1.9 | −0.01 pp |
| 2004 | 1.91 | −0.23 pp |
| 2003 | 2.14 | −0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 2.23 | −0.03 pp |
| 2001 | 2.26 | +0.32 pp |
| 2000 | 1.95 | −0.16 pp |
| 1999 | 2.11 | −0.19 pp |
| 1998 | 2.29 | −0.26 pp |
| 1997 | 2.55 | −0.02 pp |
| 1996 | 2.57 | +0.12 pp |
| 1995 | 2.45 | −0.26 pp |
| 1994 | 2.71 | +0.11 pp |
| 1993 | 2.61 | −0.09 pp |
| 1992 | 2.69 | — |
| 1987 | 2.83 | +0.36 pp |
| 1986 | 2.47 | −0.05 pp |
| 1985 | 2.52 | −0.34 pp |
| 1984 | 2.87 | — |
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.