Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Northern America in 2024 — 10.33%. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 6.54 pp.
1980–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.33 | +0.07 pp |
| 2023 | 10.26 | −0.35 pp |
| 2022 | 10.61 | −0.95 pp |
| 2021 | 11.56 | −0.49 pp |
| 2020 | 12.05 | +2.32 pp |
| 2019 | 9.73 | −0.22 pp |
| 2018 | 9.94 | −0.67 pp |
| 2017 | 10.61 | −0.47 pp |
| 2016 | 11.08 | +0.62 pp |
| 2015 | 10.46 | +0 pp |
| 2014 | 10.46 | +0.38 pp |
| 2013 | 10.08 | +0.09 pp |
| 2012 | 9.99 | — |
| 1995 | 9.81 | +0.25 pp |
| 1994 | 9.56 | — |
| 1985 | 12.25 | −2.88 pp |
| 1984 | 15.13 | −1.28 pp |
| 1983 | 16.42 | +0.23 pp |
| 1982 | 16.19 | −0.97 pp |
| 1981 | 17.17 | +0.29 pp |
| 1980 | 16.87 | — |
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.
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