Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the United Arab Emirates in 2023 — 2.89%. Ranked 141 in the world out of 160. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 1.68 pp.
1978–2023 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.89 | −0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 2.99 | −0.14 pp |
| 2021 | 3.13 | −0.38 pp |
| 2020 | 3.51 | +0.51 pp |
| 2019 | 3 | −1.2 pp |
| 2018 | 4.21 | +2.18 pp |
| 2017 | 2.03 | −0.22 pp |
| 2016 | 2.25 | +0.33 pp |
| 2015 | 1.91 | +0.43 pp |
| 2014 | 1.48 | +0.25 pp |
| 2013 | 1.23 | −0.25 pp |
| 2012 | 1.48 | +0.16 pp |
| 2011 | 1.33 | −0.06 pp |
| 2010 | 1.39 | +0.25 pp |
| 2009 | 1.14 | +0.32 pp |
| 2008 | 0.82 | −0.07 pp |
| 2007 | 0.89 | +0.01 pp |
| 2006 | 0.88 | −0.21 pp |
| 2005 | 1.09 | +0.24 pp |
| 2004 | 0.85 | +0.01 pp |
| 2003 | 0.84 | +0.2 pp |
| 2002 | 0.64 | −0.17 pp |
| 2001 | 0.81 | +0.24 pp |
| 2000 | 0.57 | −0.31 pp |
| 1999 | 0.88 | — |
| 1993 | 7.56 | +3.89 pp |
| 1992 | 3.67 | +1.73 pp |
| 1991 | 1.94 | — |
| 1983 | 5.87 | — |
| 1979 | 1.87 | +0.66 pp |
| 1978 | 1.21 | — |
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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.
