Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Europe

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Southern Europe in 2024 — 13.74%. Since 2006, the indicator has risen by 4.7 pp.

2024 13.74% +1.05 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 13.74%2024
Period minimum 9.04%2006

Trend over time

2006–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Europe, 2006–2024810121420062008201020122014201620182020202220242006: 9.04%2007: 9.11%2008: 9.59%2009: 11.29%2010: 10.62%2011: 10.28%2012: 10.65%2013: 10.92%2014: 11.11%2015: 11.71%2016: 12.1%2017: 11.95%2018: 11.57%2019: 11.89%2020: 13.63%2021: 12.63%2022: 11.88%2023: 12.69%2024: 13.74%
Change over the period: +4.7 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 13.74%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 13.74 +1.05 pp
2023 12.69 +0.8 pp
2022 11.88 −0.74 pp
2021 12.63 −1 pp
2020 13.63 +1.74 pp
2019 11.89 +0.32 pp
2018 11.57 −0.38 pp
2017 11.95 −0.15 pp
2016 12.1 +0.4 pp
2015 11.71 +0.59 pp
2014 11.11 +0.19 pp
2013 10.92 +0.27 pp
2012 10.65 +0.37 pp
2011 10.28 −0.35 pp
2010 10.62 −0.67 pp
2009 11.29 +1.7 pp
2008 9.59 +0.48 pp
2007 9.11 +0.07 pp
2006 9.04

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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.