Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Middle Africa in 2023 — 1.74%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 67.28 pp.
1962–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.74 | +0.19 pp |
| 2022 | 1.54 | −0.2 pp |
| 2021 | 1.74 | −0.31 pp |
| 2020 | 2.06 | +0.43 pp |
| 2019 | 1.63 | +0.41 pp |
| 2018 | 1.21 | −0.31 pp |
| 2017 | 1.53 | −1.65 pp |
| 2016 | 3.18 | +1.26 pp |
| 2015 | 1.92 | +0.78 pp |
| 2014 | 1.14 | +0.28 pp |
| 2013 | 0.87 | +0.01 pp |
| 2012 | 0.86 | −1.13 pp |
| 2011 | 1.99 | +0.49 pp |
| 2010 | 1.5 | −1.63 pp |
| 2009 | 3.13 | +1.06 pp |
| 2008 | 2.08 | +1.09 pp |
| 2007 | 0.99 | — |
| 1979 | 17.54 | −10.41 pp |
| 1978 | 27.95 | — |
| 1975 | 19.11 | −6.42 pp |
| 1974 | 25.53 | −4.42 pp |
| 1973 | 29.95 | — |
| 1971 | 38.75 | +10.24 pp |
| 1970 | 28.51 | — |
| 1965 | 22.38 | — |
| 1962 | 69.02 | — |
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.