Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Vanuatu in 2011 — 85.32%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 170. Since 1970, the indicator has fallen by 3.02 pp.
1970–2011 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Vanuatu
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 85.32 | +1.43 pp |
| 2010 | 83.89 | +10.37 pp |
| 2009 | 73.52 | — |
| 2007 | 61.54 | +14.88 pp |
| 2006 | 46.66 | — |
| 2000 | 57.07 | — |
| 1994 | 75.19 | — |
| 1991 | 71.04 | −8.04 pp |
| 1990 | 79.08 | — |
| 1984 | 94.01 | −2.46 pp |
| 1983 | 96.47 | +2.13 pp |
| 1982 | 94.34 | −3.07 pp |
| 1981 | 97.41 | −0.17 pp |
| 1980 | 97.58 | — |
| 1975 | 88.7 | −6.35 pp |
| 1974 | 95.05 | +27.41 pp |
| 1973 | 67.64 | −24.15 pp |
| 1972 | 91.79 | +6.03 pp |
| 1971 | 85.76 | −2.57 pp |
| 1970 | 88.33 | — |
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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.
