Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Northern Africa

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Northern Africa in 2018 — 13.27%. Since 1965, the indicator has fallen by 6.53 pp.

2018 13.27% +2.51 pp vs 2017
World rank
Period maximum 21.56%1966
Period minimum 4.12%2007

Trend over time

1965–2018 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Northern Africa, 1965–2018010203019651971197719831989199520012007201320181965: 19.81%1966: 21.56%1967: 17.79%1968: 15.3%1969: 16.36%1970: 14.6%1971: 12.41%1972: 13.7%1973: 13.72%1974: 7.09%1975: 7.43%1976: 6.65%1977: 4.66%1978: 6.11%1979: 8.06%1980: 6.43%1981: 6.9%1982: 6.23%1984: 5.98%1985: 5.65%1995: 12.79%1996: 12.01%1997: 11.18%1998: 10.67%1999: 10.34%2000: 6.76%2001: 6.87%2002: 7.36%2003: 6.78%2004: 6.78%2005: 5.84%2006: 5.26%2007: 4.12%2008: 4.19%2009: 6.78%2010: 5.46%2011: 7.08%2012: 7.16%2013: 7.92%2014: 8.76%2015: 12.68%2016: 11.45%2017: 10.77%2018: 13.27%
Change over the period: −6.53 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2018

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Africa

Northern Africa 13.27%
World 8.35%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 13.27 +2.51 pp
2017 10.77 −0.68 pp
2016 11.45 −1.24 pp
2015 12.68 +3.93 pp
2014 8.76 +0.84 pp
2013 7.92 +0.77 pp
2012 7.16 +0.07 pp
2011 7.08 +1.62 pp
2010 5.46 −1.32 pp
2009 6.78 +2.6 pp
2008 4.19 +0.06 pp
2007 4.12 −1.14 pp
2006 5.26 −0.58 pp
2005 5.84 −0.94 pp
2004 6.78 −0 pp
2003 6.78 −0.58 pp
2002 7.36 +0.48 pp
2001 6.87 +0.11 pp
2000 6.76 −3.58 pp
1999 10.34 −0.33 pp
1998 10.67 −0.51 pp
1997 11.18 −0.83 pp
1996 12.01 −0.78 pp
1995 12.79
1985 5.65 −0.34 pp
1984 5.98
1982 6.23 −0.66 pp
1981 6.9 +0.47 pp
1980 6.43 −1.64 pp
1979 8.06 +1.95 pp
1978 6.11 +1.45 pp
1977 4.66 −1.99 pp
1976 6.65 −0.78 pp
1975 7.43 +0.35 pp
1974 7.09 −6.63 pp
1973 13.72 +0.01 pp
1972 13.7 +1.29 pp
1971 12.41 −2.19 pp
1970 14.6 −1.75 pp
1969 16.36 +1.06 pp
1968 15.3 −2.49 pp
1967 17.79 −3.77 pp
1966 21.56 +1.75 pp
1965 19.81

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.

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