Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Northern Europe

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Northern Europe in 2024 — 8.98%. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 1.51 pp.

2024 8.98% +0.02 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 11.38%1978
Period minimum 6.43%2006

Trend over time

1976–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Northern Europe, 1976–2024681012197619811986199119962001200620112016202120241976: 10.49%1977: 10.75%1978: 11.38%1979: 10.31%1980: 9.73%1981: 10.13%1982: 9.96%1983: 9.84%1984: 9.39%1985: 9.22%1988: 9.66%1989: 9.45%1990: 9.46%1991: 10.2%1992: 10.6%1993: 10.17%1994: 9.86%1995: 9.5%1996: 8.89%1997: 8.31%1998: 8.04%1999: 7.58%2000: 6.65%2001: 6.72%2002: 6.95%2003: 7.23%2004: 7%2005: 6.65%2006: 6.43%2007: 6.97%2008: 6.9%2009: 8.13%2010: 7.82%2011: 7.56%2012: 7.93%2013: 8.11%2014: 8.66%2015: 8.55%2016: 9.39%2017: 9.25%2018: 8.64%2019: 9.01%2020: 9.79%2021: 8.51%2022: 8.02%2023: 8.96%2024: 8.98%
Change over the period: −1.51 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 8.98%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.98 +0.02 pp
2023 8.96 +0.95 pp
2022 8.02 −0.49 pp
2021 8.51 −1.29 pp
2020 9.79 +0.78 pp
2019 9.01 +0.37 pp
2018 8.64 −0.61 pp
2017 9.25 −0.14 pp
2016 9.39 +0.84 pp
2015 8.55 −0.1 pp
2014 8.66 +0.54 pp
2013 8.11 +0.19 pp
2012 7.93 +0.37 pp
2011 7.56 −0.27 pp
2010 7.82 −0.31 pp
2009 8.13 +1.23 pp
2008 6.9 −0.07 pp
2007 6.97 +0.54 pp
2006 6.43 −0.22 pp
2005 6.65 −0.35 pp
2004 7 −0.23 pp
2003 7.23 +0.28 pp
2002 6.95 +0.23 pp
2001 6.72 +0.07 pp
2000 6.65 −0.93 pp
1999 7.58 −0.45 pp
1998 8.04 −0.27 pp
1997 8.31 −0.58 pp
1996 8.89 −0.61 pp
1995 9.5 −0.36 pp
1994 9.86 −0.31 pp
1993 10.17 −0.43 pp
1992 10.6 +0.4 pp
1991 10.2 +0.74 pp
1990 9.46 +0 pp
1989 9.45 −0.21 pp
1988 9.66
1985 9.22 −0.17 pp
1984 9.39 −0.45 pp
1983 9.84 −0.12 pp
1982 9.96 −0.16 pp
1981 10.13 +0.39 pp
1980 9.73 −0.57 pp
1979 10.31 −1.07 pp
1978 11.38 +0.62 pp
1977 10.75 +0.26 pp
1976 10.49

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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