Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — all countries

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — World

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the world in 2024 — 9.14%. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 12.82 pp.

2024 9.14% +0.36 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 22.09%1964
Period minimum 6.43%2006

Trend over time

1963–2024 · % of merchandise exports

Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — World, 1963–2024010203019631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 21.96%1964: 22.09%1965: 21.22%1966: 20.64%1967: 20.16%1968: 18.4%1969: 17.17%1970: 17.52%1971: 17.62%1972: 17.63%1973: 17.45%1974: 16.27%1975: 16.74%1976: 16.16%1977: 16.42%1978: 15.5%1979: 14.88%1980: 14.28%1981: 14.39%1982: 13.9%1983: 13.51%1984: 13.65%1985: 12.44%1986: 12.95%1987: 12.54%1991: 10.09%1992: 10.39%1993: 10.2%1994: 10.15%1995: 9.75%1996: 9.57%1997: 9.3%1998: 8.81%1999: 8.21%2000: 7.1%2001: 7.45%2002: 7.47%2003: 7.42%2004: 7.01%2005: 6.79%2006: 6.43%2007: 6.72%2008: 7.09%2009: 8%2010: 7.7%2011: 7.79%2012: 7.96%2013: 8.13%2014: 8.43%2015: 8.79%2016: 8.97%2017: 8.73%2018: 8.35%2019: 8.49%2020: 9.41%2021: 8.61%2022: 8.42%2023: 8.78%2024: 9.14%
Change over the period: −12.82 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World

World 9.14%
World 9.14%
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.14 +0.36 pp
2023 8.78 +0.36 pp
2022 8.42 −0.19 pp
2021 8.61 −0.8 pp
2020 9.41 +0.92 pp
2019 8.49 +0.13 pp
2018 8.35 −0.37 pp
2017 8.73 −0.25 pp
2016 8.97 +0.18 pp
2015 8.79 +0.36 pp
2014 8.43 +0.3 pp
2013 8.13 +0.17 pp
2012 7.96 +0.16 pp
2011 7.79 +0.09 pp
2010 7.7 −0.29 pp
2009 8 +0.91 pp
2008 7.09 +0.38 pp
2007 6.72 +0.28 pp
2006 6.43 −0.36 pp
2005 6.79 −0.22 pp
2004 7.01 −0.4 pp
2003 7.42 −0.05 pp
2002 7.47 +0.01 pp
2001 7.45 +0.35 pp
2000 7.1 −1.11 pp
1999 8.21 −0.6 pp
1998 8.81 −0.49 pp
1997 9.3 −0.28 pp
1996 9.57 −0.18 pp
1995 9.75 −0.4 pp
1994 10.15 −0.05 pp
1993 10.2 −0.19 pp
1992 10.39 +0.3 pp
1991 10.09
1987 12.54 −0.4 pp
1986 12.95 +0.51 pp
1985 12.44 −1.22 pp
1984 13.65 +0.15 pp
1983 13.51 −0.4 pp
1982 13.9 −0.48 pp
1981 14.39 +0.11 pp
1980 14.28 −0.6 pp
1979 14.88 −0.62 pp
1978 15.5 −0.92 pp
1977 16.42 +0.26 pp
1976 16.16 −0.58 pp
1975 16.74 +0.48 pp
1974 16.27 −1.18 pp
1973 17.45 −0.18 pp
1972 17.63 +0.01 pp
1971 17.62 +0.1 pp
1970 17.52 +0.35 pp
1969 17.17 −1.23 pp
1968 18.4 −1.76 pp
1967 20.16 −0.47 pp
1966 20.64 −0.59 pp
1965 21.22 −0.87 pp
1964 22.09 +0.13 pp
1963 21.96

About the indicator

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.

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