Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Trinidad and Tobago

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024 — 8.2%. Ranked 99 in the world out of 131. Since 1968, the indicator has fallen by 0.39 pp.

2024 8.2% +1.03 pp vs 2023
World rank 99of 131
Period maximum 11.02%1998
Period minimum 1.99%2008

Trend over time

1968–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Trinidad and Tobago, 1968–202405101519681974198019861992199820042010201620221968: 8.6%1969: 8.73%1970: 8.89%1971: 8%1972: 9.01%1973: 6.99%1974: 4.11%1975: 6.4%1976: 3.87%1977: 3.46%1978: 3.17%1979: 3.1%1980: 2.06%1981: 2.01%1982: 2.09%1983: 2.32%1984: 2.36%1985: 2.12%1986: 4.21%1987: 4.52%1991: 5.9%1992: 6.16%1993: 7.64%1994: 8.01%1995: 8.4%1996: 8.21%1997: 9.58%1998: 11.02%1999: 8.31%2000: 5.65%2001: 5.15%2002: 6.49%2003: 4.15%2004: 3.55%2005: 3.14%2006: 2.32%2007: 2.57%2008: 1.99%2009: 3.24%2010: 2.52%2011: 2.69%2012: 3.44%2013: 2.14%2014: 2.72%2015: 3.97%2016: 5.2%2017: 3.95%2018: 3.61%2019: 5.44%2020: 7.79%2021: 5.53%2022: 4.28%2023: 7.17%2024: 8.2%
Change over the period: −0.39 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago 8.2%
World 9.14%
High-income countries computed 8.92%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 8.2 +1.03 pp
2023 7.17 +2.89 pp
2022 4.28 −1.25 pp
2021 5.53 −2.26 pp
2020 7.79 +2.36 pp
2019 5.44 +1.83 pp
2018 3.61 −0.34 pp
2017 3.95 −1.25 pp
2016 5.2 +1.23 pp
2015 3.97 +1.24 pp
2014 2.72 +0.58 pp
2013 2.14 −1.3 pp
2012 3.44 +0.75 pp
2011 2.69 +0.17 pp
2010 2.52 −0.72 pp
2009 3.24 +1.25 pp
2008 1.99 −0.58 pp
2007 2.57 +0.25 pp
2006 2.32 −0.82 pp
2005 3.14 −0.41 pp
2004 3.55 −0.6 pp
2003 4.15 −2.34 pp
2002 6.49 +1.35 pp
2001 5.15 −0.51 pp
2000 5.65 −2.65 pp
1999 8.31 −2.71 pp
1998 11.02 +1.43 pp
1997 9.58 +1.38 pp
1996 8.21 −0.19 pp
1995 8.4 +0.38 pp
1994 8.01 +0.37 pp
1993 7.64 +1.48 pp
1992 6.16 +0.27 pp
1991 5.9
1987 4.52 +0.31 pp
1986 4.21 +2.09 pp
1985 2.12 −0.24 pp
1984 2.36 +0.04 pp
1983 2.32 +0.23 pp
1982 2.09 +0.08 pp
1981 2.01 −0.05 pp
1980 2.06 −1.04 pp
1979 3.1 −0.07 pp
1978 3.17 −0.29 pp
1977 3.46 −0.41 pp
1976 3.87 −2.53 pp
1975 6.4 +2.29 pp
1974 4.11 −2.88 pp
1973 6.99 −2.02 pp
1972 9.01 +1.01 pp
1971 8 −0.89 pp
1970 8.89 +0.15 pp
1969 8.73 +0.14 pp
1968 8.6

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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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