Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Western Africa in 2023 — 15.99%. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 47.39 pp.
1963–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.99 | +1.92 pp |
| 2022 | 14.07 | −3.69 pp |
| 2021 | 17.76 | +0.5 pp |
| 2020 | 17.25 | +2.78 pp |
| 2019 | 14.47 | −1.56 pp |
| 2018 | 16.04 | −1.72 pp |
| 2017 | 17.75 | −2.27 pp |
| 2016 | 20.02 | +2.47 pp |
| 2015 | 17.55 | +7.12 pp |
| 2014 | 10.43 | −0.82 pp |
| 2013 | 11.25 | +0.57 pp |
| 2012 | 10.68 | +2.1 pp |
| 2011 | 8.58 | −2.38 pp |
| 2010 | 10.96 | −3.08 pp |
| 2009 | 14.04 | +6.06 pp |
| 2008 | 7.97 | −0.87 pp |
| 2007 | 8.85 | — |
| 2005 | 31.55 | −6.43 pp |
| 2004 | 37.98 | +23.84 pp |
| 2003 | 14.14 | −0.14 pp |
| 2002 | 14.28 | +1.22 pp |
| 2001 | 13.05 | +1.88 pp |
| 2000 | 11.17 | −5.44 pp |
| 1999 | 16.61 | −4.75 pp |
| 1998 | 21.36 | +6.74 pp |
| 1997 | 14.63 | — |
| 1979 | 16.56 | −8.79 pp |
| 1978 | 25.35 | — |
| 1976 | 16.9 | −3.05 pp |
| 1975 | 19.95 | +2.55 pp |
| 1974 | 17.41 | −9.05 pp |
| 1973 | 26.46 | −3.59 pp |
| 1972 | 30.05 | −6.01 pp |
| 1971 | 36.06 | −10.87 pp |
| 1970 | 46.93 | — |
| 1967 | 55.01 | — |
| 1964 | 64.07 | +0.69 pp |
| 1963 | 63.38 | — |
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.