Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Asia

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Southern Asia in 2022 — 11.02%. Since 1974, the indicator has fallen by 3.77 pp.

2022 11.02% −0.7 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 16.96%1977
Period minimum 7.75%2006

Trend over time

1974–2022 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Asia, 1974–20227.51012.51517.5197419791984198919941999200420092014201920221974: 14.79%1975: 16.92%1976: 15.86%1977: 16.96%1998: 13.57%1999: 11.77%2000: 9.61%2001: 10.3%2002: 10.04%2003: 9.32%2004: 8.54%2005: 7.99%2006: 7.75%2007: 10.02%2008: 11.17%2009: 9.28%2010: 8.5%2011: 8.29%2012: 10.97%2013: 10.47%2014: 11.37%2015: 11.33%2016: 10.66%2017: 10.71%2018: 9.74%2019: 12.09%2020: 14.35%2021: 11.72%2022: 11.02%
Change over the period: −3.77 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Asia

Southern Asia 11.02%
World 8.42%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 11.02 −0.7 pp
2021 11.72 −2.63 pp
2020 14.35 +2.26 pp
2019 12.09 +2.35 pp
2018 9.74 −0.97 pp
2017 10.71 +0.05 pp
2016 10.66 −0.67 pp
2015 11.33 −0.05 pp
2014 11.37 +0.9 pp
2013 10.47 −0.5 pp
2012 10.97 +2.68 pp
2011 8.29 −0.21 pp
2010 8.5 −0.79 pp
2009 9.28 −1.88 pp
2008 11.17 +1.15 pp
2007 10.02 +2.27 pp
2006 7.75 −0.24 pp
2005 7.99 −0.54 pp
2004 8.54 −0.78 pp
2003 9.32 −0.72 pp
2002 10.04 −0.26 pp
2001 10.3 +0.69 pp
2000 9.61 −2.16 pp
1999 11.77 −1.8 pp
1998 13.57
1977 16.96 +1.09 pp
1976 15.86 −1.05 pp
1975 16.92 +2.13 pp
1974 14.79

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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