Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in South America in 2024 — 35.51%. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 2.82 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35.51 | −1.04 pp |
| 2023 | 36.56 | +0.19 pp |
| 2022 | 36.36 | +2.68 pp |
| 2021 | 33.68 | −4.6 pp |
| 2020 | 38.28 | +3.34 pp |
| 2019 | 34.94 | +1.57 pp |
| 2018 | 33.37 | −1.75 pp |
| 2017 | 35.12 | −2.52 pp |
| 2016 | 37.64 | +1.18 pp |
| 2015 | 36.46 | +3.75 pp |
| 2014 | 32.71 | +5.39 pp |
| 2013 | 27.33 | +2.27 pp |
| 2012 | 25.06 | +0.06 pp |
| 2011 | 25 | −0.15 pp |
| 2010 | 25.15 | −2.12 pp |
| 2009 | 27.27 | +3.49 pp |
| 2008 | 23.78 | −2.69 pp |
| 2007 | 26.47 | +5.74 pp |
| 2006 | 20.73 | −1.72 pp |
| 2005 | 22.44 | −2.4 pp |
| 2004 | 24.85 | −2.45 pp |
| 2003 | 27.3 | +1.17 pp |
| 2002 | 26.12 | +0.45 pp |
| 2001 | 25.67 | +3.18 pp |
| 2000 | 22.49 | −6.75 pp |
| 1999 | 29.24 | −2.84 pp |
| 1998 | 32.08 | +1.28 pp |
| 1997 | 30.81 | +0.97 pp |
| 1996 | 29.84 | +0.79 pp |
| 1995 | 29.05 | −1.24 pp |
| 1994 | 30.28 | +2.53 pp |
| 1993 | 27.76 | −0.63 pp |
| 1992 | 28.39 | — |
| 1987 | 30.31 | −6.03 pp |
| 1986 | 36.33 | +4.15 pp |
| 1985 | 32.18 | −0.27 pp |
| 1984 | 32.45 | −0.42 pp |
| 1983 | 32.87 | +3.52 pp |
| 1982 | 29.35 | −1.39 pp |
| 1981 | 30.74 | −0.41 pp |
| 1980 | 31.15 | −2.6 pp |
| 1979 | 33.74 | −5.47 pp |
| 1978 | 39.21 | −2.03 pp |
| 1977 | 41.24 | +4 pp |
| 1976 | 37.24 | +2.66 pp |
| 1975 | 34.58 | +3.18 pp |
| 1974 | 31.41 | −8.85 pp |
| 1973 | 40.26 | −2.81 pp |
| 1972 | 43.07 | +2.28 pp |
| 1971 | 40.79 | +1.25 pp |
| 1970 | 39.54 | +2.5 pp |
| 1969 | 37.04 | −1.42 pp |
| 1968 | 38.46 | +1.64 pp |
| 1967 | 36.82 | −4.5 pp |
| 1966 | 41.32 | +0.32 pp |
| 1965 | 41 | +0.26 pp |
| 1964 | 40.74 | −0.02 pp |
| 1963 | 40.76 | +2.43 pp |
| 1962 | 38.33 | — |
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.