Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the United States in 2024 — 9.45%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 11.23 pp.
1962–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.45 | −0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 9.55 | −0.72 pp |
| 2022 | 10.27 | −0.88 pp |
| 2021 | 11.15 | −0.34 pp |
| 2020 | 11.49 | +2.16 pp |
| 2019 | 9.33 | −0.07 pp |
| 2018 | 9.4 | −0.7 pp |
| 2017 | 10.1 | −0.5 pp |
| 2016 | 10.6 | +0.63 pp |
| 2015 | 9.97 | −0.34 pp |
| 2014 | 10.3 | +0.29 pp |
| 2013 | 10.01 | +0.09 pp |
| 2012 | 9.92 | +0.14 pp |
| 2011 | 9.78 | +0.09 pp |
| 2010 | 9.69 | −0.42 pp |
| 2009 | 10.11 | +0.73 pp |
| 2008 | 9.37 | +1.24 pp |
| 2007 | 8.13 | +0.94 pp |
| 2006 | 7.19 | −0.28 pp |
| 2005 | 7.47 | −0.49 pp |
| 2004 | 7.96 | −0.7 pp |
| 2003 | 8.66 | +0.48 pp |
| 2002 | 8.18 | +0.27 pp |
| 2001 | 7.91 | +0.6 pp |
| 2000 | 7.31 | −0.56 pp |
| 1999 | 7.88 | −0.46 pp |
| 1998 | 8.34 | −0.68 pp |
| 1997 | 9.02 | −1.66 pp |
| 1996 | 10.68 | +0.15 pp |
| 1995 | 10.53 | +0.38 pp |
| 1994 | 10.14 | −0.3 pp |
| 1993 | 10.45 | −0.42 pp |
| 1992 | 10.87 | +0.44 pp |
| 1991 | 10.43 | −0.65 pp |
| 1990 | 11.08 | −0.64 pp |
| 1989 | 11.72 | — |
| 1987 | 11.66 | −0.94 pp |
| 1986 | 12.6 | −0.89 pp |
| 1985 | 13.49 | −3.32 pp |
| 1984 | 16.81 | −1.01 pp |
| 1983 | 17.82 | +0.71 pp |
| 1982 | 17.11 | −1.37 pp |
| 1981 | 18.48 | +0.24 pp |
| 1980 | 18.25 | −0.62 pp |
| 1979 | 18.87 | −1.09 pp |
| 1978 | 19.96 | +1.25 pp |
| 1977 | 18.71 | −0.5 pp |
| 1976 | 19.21 | −0.46 pp |
| 1975 | 19.67 | −1.41 pp |
| 1974 | 21.08 | −2.53 pp |
| 1973 | 23.6 | +5.78 pp |
| 1972 | 17.82 | +1.54 pp |
| 1971 | 16.28 | +0.28 pp |
| 1970 | 16 | +0.98 pp |
| 1969 | 15.02 | −1.88 pp |
| 1968 | 16.89 | −1.98 pp |
| 1967 | 18.87 | −2.4 pp |
| 1966 | 21.27 | +0.19 pp |
| 1965 | 21.08 | −0.31 pp |
| 1964 | 21.39 | +0.02 pp |
| 1963 | 21.37 | +0.69 pp |
| 1962 | 20.68 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
