Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 9.27%. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 5.64 pp.
1996–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.27 | −0.11 pp |
| 2023 | 9.38 | +0.15 pp |
| 2022 | 9.24 | +0.44 pp |
| 2021 | 8.8 | −0.65 pp |
| 2020 | 9.45 | +0.4 pp |
| 2019 | 9.04 | +0.07 pp |
| 2018 | 8.97 | −0.59 pp |
| 2017 | 9.56 | +0.02 pp |
| 2016 | 9.54 | +0.68 pp |
| 2015 | 8.86 | +0.16 pp |
| 2014 | 8.69 | −0.05 pp |
| 2013 | 8.74 | +0.01 pp |
| 2012 | 8.73 | −0.4 pp |
| 2011 | 9.13 | +0.33 pp |
| 2010 | 8.8 | −0.68 pp |
| 2009 | 9.48 | +1.07 pp |
| 2008 | 8.41 | +0.42 pp |
| 2007 | 7.99 | +0.14 pp |
| 2006 | 7.85 | −0.59 pp |
| 2005 | 8.44 | −0.73 pp |
| 2004 | 9.17 | −1.02 pp |
| 2003 | 10.2 | −0.07 pp |
| 2002 | 10.27 | −0.28 pp |
| 2001 | 10.55 | +0.94 pp |
| 2000 | 9.61 | −2.72 pp |
| 1999 | 12.33 | −1.72 pp |
| 1998 | 14.05 | −0.27 pp |
| 1997 | 14.32 | −0.59 pp |
| 1996 | 14.91 | — |
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.