Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Europe

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Western Europe in 2024 — 10%. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 0.47 pp.

2024 10% +0.56 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 11.48%1973
Period minimum 7.23%2006

Trend over time

1963–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Europe, 1963–202468101219631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 10.47%1965: 10.7%1967: 10.28%1969: 10.68%1971: 11.04%1973: 11.48%1975: 10.92%1977: 10.64%1979: 10.4%1981: 11.27%1983: 10.86%1985: 10.3%1987: 9.98%1989: 9.92%1991: 9.92%1993: 10.58%1995: 9.84%1997: 9.02%1999: 8.98%2001: 7.69%2003: 7.96%2005: 7.48%2007: 7.33%2009: 8.98%2011: 8.96%2013: 9.2%2015: 9.17%2017: 9.15%2019: 8.95%2021: 8.97%2023: 9.43%2024: 10%
Change over the period: −0.47 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 10%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 10 +0.56 pp
2023 9.43 +0.64 pp
2022 8.8 −0.18 pp
2021 8.97 −0.69 pp
2020 9.67 +0.72 pp
2019 8.95 +0.13 pp
2018 8.82 −0.33 pp
2017 9.15 −0.04 pp
2016 9.18 +0.01 pp
2015 9.17 −0.01 pp
2014 9.19 −0.02 pp
2013 9.2 +0.3 pp
2012 8.9 −0.05 pp
2011 8.96 +0.26 pp
2010 8.7 −0.28 pp
2009 8.98 +0.98 pp
2008 8 +0.67 pp
2007 7.33 +0.1 pp
2006 7.23 −0.25 pp
2005 7.48 −0.06 pp
2004 7.54 −0.42 pp
2003 7.96 +0.06 pp
2002 7.89 +0.2 pp
2001 7.69 +0.07 pp
2000 7.62 −1.36 pp
1999 8.98 +0.04 pp
1998 8.94 −0.08 pp
1997 9.02 −0.75 pp
1996 9.77 −0.07 pp
1995 9.84 −0.43 pp
1994 10.27 −0.32 pp
1993 10.58 +0.42 pp
1992 10.16 +0.25 pp
1991 9.92 +0.33 pp
1990 9.59 −0.33 pp
1989 9.92 −0.11 pp
1988 10.03 +0.05 pp
1987 9.98 −0.14 pp
1986 10.12 −0.18 pp
1985 10.3 −0.41 pp
1984 10.71 −0.15 pp
1983 10.86 −0 pp
1982 10.87 −0.4 pp
1981 11.27 +0.76 pp
1980 10.51 +0.11 pp
1979 10.4 −0.22 pp
1978 10.62 −0.02 pp
1977 10.64 +0.14 pp
1976 10.5 −0.43 pp
1975 10.92 +0.45 pp
1974 10.47 −1.01 pp
1973 11.48 +0.3 pp
1972 11.18 +0.15 pp
1971 11.04 +0.59 pp
1970 10.44 −0.24 pp
1969 10.68 +0.25 pp
1968 10.43 +0.15 pp
1967 10.28 +0.28 pp
1966 10 −0.69 pp
1965 10.7 +0.27 pp
1964 10.43 −0.04 pp
1963 10.47

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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