Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Western Asia in 2024 — 5.77%. Since 1975, the indicator has fallen by 1.96 pp.
1975–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.77 | +1.41 pp |
| 2023 | 4.36 | +0.57 pp |
| 2022 | 3.79 | −0.49 pp |
| 2021 | 4.29 | −0.82 pp |
| 2020 | 5.11 | +1.07 pp |
| 2019 | 4.04 | −0.16 pp |
| 2018 | 4.2 | +0.26 pp |
| 2017 | 3.94 | −0.17 pp |
| 2016 | 4.11 | +0.25 pp |
| 2015 | 3.86 | +0.95 pp |
| 2014 | 2.92 | +0.35 pp |
| 2013 | 2.57 | +0.08 pp |
| 2012 | 2.49 | +0.15 pp |
| 2011 | 2.34 | −0.58 pp |
| 2010 | 2.92 | −0.36 pp |
| 2009 | 3.28 | +0.98 pp |
| 2008 | 2.3 | −0.37 pp |
| 2007 | 2.67 | +0.16 pp |
| 2006 | 2.5 | −1.08 pp |
| 2005 | 3.58 | +0.86 pp |
| 2004 | 2.72 | −0.34 pp |
| 2003 | 3.06 | −0.04 pp |
| 2002 | 3.1 | −0.07 pp |
| 2001 | 3.16 | +0.6 pp |
| 2000 | 2.56 | −1.59 pp |
| 1999 | 4.15 | −2.35 pp |
| 1998 | 6.5 | — |
| 1975 | 7.73 | — |
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.