Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the United Kingdom in 2025 — 6.66%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 24. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 0.67 pp.
1962–2025 · % of merchandise exports
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.66 | −0 pp |
| 2024 | 6.66 | +0.12 pp |
| 2023 | 6.54 | +0.2 pp |
| 2022 | 6.35 | −0.07 pp |
| 2021 | 6.42 | −1.2 pp |
| 2020 | 7.62 | +0.95 pp |
| 2019 | 6.67 | +0.34 pp |
| 2018 | 6.33 | −0.31 pp |
| 2017 | 6.64 | −0.19 pp |
| 2016 | 6.83 | +0.66 pp |
| 2015 | 6.18 | −0.19 pp |
| 2014 | 6.36 | +0.72 pp |
| 2013 | 5.64 | −0.55 pp |
| 2012 | 6.19 | +0.27 pp |
| 2011 | 5.92 | −0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 6.12 | −0.36 pp |
| 2009 | 6.48 | +1 pp |
| 2008 | 5.49 | −0.01 pp |
| 2007 | 5.49 | +0.85 pp |
| 2006 | 4.64 | −0.47 pp |
| 2005 | 5.12 | −0.56 pp |
| 2004 | 5.67 | −0.23 pp |
| 2003 | 5.9 | +0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 5.4 | +0.3 pp |
| 2001 | 5.1 | −0.19 pp |
| 2000 | 5.29 | −0.8 pp |
| 1999 | 6.08 | −0.32 pp |
| 1998 | 6.4 | −0.24 pp |
| 1997 | 6.65 | −0.37 pp |
| 1996 | 7.02 | −0.59 pp |
| 1995 | 7.61 | +0.06 pp |
| 1994 | 7.55 | −0.19 pp |
| 1993 | 7.74 | −0.4 pp |
| 1992 | 8.14 | +0.17 pp |
| 1991 | 7.97 | +0.96 pp |
| 1990 | 7.01 | −0.11 pp |
| 1989 | 7.12 | +0.18 pp |
| 1988 | 6.94 | −0.51 pp |
| 1987 | 7.45 | −0.45 pp |
| 1986 | 7.9 | +1.3 pp |
| 1985 | 6.59 | −0.28 pp |
| 1984 | 6.88 | −0.28 pp |
| 1983 | 7.16 | −0.1 pp |
| 1982 | 7.26 | −0.08 pp |
| 1981 | 7.34 | +0.57 pp |
| 1980 | 6.77 | −0.3 pp |
| 1979 | 7.07 | −0.91 pp |
| 1978 | 7.98 | +1.06 pp |
| 1977 | 6.92 | +0.16 pp |
| 1976 | 6.76 | −0.61 pp |
| 1975 | 7.38 | +0.71 pp |
| 1974 | 6.66 | −0.53 pp |
| 1973 | 7.19 | +0.29 pp |
| 1972 | 6.9 | +0.37 pp |
| 1971 | 6.53 | +0.02 pp |
| 1970 | 6.51 | +0.47 pp |
| 1969 | 6.04 | −0.51 pp |
| 1968 | 6.55 | −0.15 pp |
| 1967 | 6.7 | +0.09 pp |
| 1966 | 6.62 | +0.16 pp |
| 1965 | 6.45 | −0.34 pp |
| 1964 | 6.79 | +0.33 pp |
| 1963 | 6.47 | +0.47 pp |
| 1962 | 5.99 | — |
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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.
