Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Southern Africa in 2024 — 13.16%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.73 pp.
2000–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.16 | +0.85 pp |
| 2023 | 12.31 | +1.65 pp |
| 2022 | 10.65 | +0.58 pp |
| 2021 | 10.08 | −2.19 pp |
| 2020 | 12.26 | +0.71 pp |
| 2019 | 11.56 | −0.48 pp |
| 2018 | 12.04 | +0.34 pp |
| 2017 | 11.69 | +0.13 pp |
| 2016 | 11.56 | +0.4 pp |
| 2015 | 11.16 | +0.83 pp |
| 2014 | 10.33 | −0.06 pp |
| 2013 | 10.39 | +0.74 pp |
| 2012 | 9.65 | +0.72 pp |
| 2011 | 8.94 | −1.81 pp |
| 2010 | 10.74 | −0.32 pp |
| 2009 | 11.07 | +3.04 pp |
| 2008 | 8.02 | +0.7 pp |
| 2007 | 7.32 | −0.68 pp |
| 2006 | 8 | −1.11 pp |
| 2005 | 9.11 | −0.02 pp |
| 2004 | 9.13 | −1.55 pp |
| 2003 | 10.69 | −0.32 pp |
| 2002 | 11 | +0.58 pp |
| 2001 | 10.42 | +1 pp |
| 2000 | 9.43 | — |
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.