Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Argentina

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Argentina in 2024 — 9.08%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 5.19 pp.

2024 9.08% −1.58 pp vs 2023
World rank 104of 131
Period maximum 10.67%2023
Period minimum 2.28%2013

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Argentina, 1962–202405101519621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 3.89%1963: 4.14%1964: 5.91%1965: 6.51%1966: 6.66%1967: 6.58%1968: 5.51%1969: 6.82%1970: 5.82%1971: 5.05%1972: 6.46%1973: 9.24%1974: 4.76%1975: 4.56%1976: 4.76%1977: 5.28%1978: 5.66%1979: 7.14%1980: 5.67%1981: 4.99%1982: 4.41%1983: 3.86%1984: 4.51%1985: 4.72%1986: 6.89%1987: 4.56%1992: 5.98%1993: 5.45%1994: 5.19%1995: 5.47%1996: 4.93%1997: 5.32%1998: 4.93%1999: 4.92%2000: 5.01%2001: 5.72%2002: 4.63%2003: 4.2%2004: 3.3%2005: 2.84%2006: 2.58%2007: 3.7%2008: 4.54%2009: 3.77%2010: 2.62%2011: 2.4%2012: 2.49%2013: 2.28%2014: 2.42%2015: 2.64%2016: 3.63%2017: 4.18%2018: 6.87%2019: 6.49%2020: 8.77%2021: 7.53%2022: 5.91%2023: 10.67%2024: 9.08%
Change over the period: +5.19 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Argentina 9.08%
World 8.89%
South America computed 8.93%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.08 −1.58 pp
2023 10.67 +4.76 pp
2022 5.91 −1.63 pp
2021 7.53 −1.23 pp
2020 8.77 +2.28 pp
2019 6.49 −0.38 pp
2018 6.87 +2.69 pp
2017 4.18 +0.55 pp
2016 3.63 +0.98 pp
2015 2.64 +0.22 pp
2014 2.42 +0.14 pp
2013 2.28 −0.21 pp
2012 2.49 +0.09 pp
2011 2.4 −0.22 pp
2010 2.62 −1.15 pp
2009 3.77 −0.77 pp
2008 4.54 +0.84 pp
2007 3.7 +1.12 pp
2006 2.58 −0.25 pp
2005 2.84 −0.46 pp
2004 3.3 −0.9 pp
2003 4.2 −0.43 pp
2002 4.63 −1.09 pp
2001 5.72 +0.71 pp
2000 5.01 +0.09 pp
1999 4.92 −0.02 pp
1998 4.93 −0.39 pp
1997 5.32 +0.4 pp
1996 4.93 −0.54 pp
1995 5.47 +0.28 pp
1994 5.19 −0.25 pp
1993 5.45 −0.53 pp
1992 5.98
1987 4.56 −2.33 pp
1986 6.89 +2.18 pp
1985 4.72 +0.2 pp
1984 4.51 +0.65 pp
1983 3.86 −0.54 pp
1982 4.41 −0.59 pp
1981 4.99 −0.68 pp
1980 5.67 −1.47 pp
1979 7.14 +1.48 pp
1978 5.66 +0.38 pp
1977 5.28 +0.53 pp
1976 4.76 +0.2 pp
1975 4.56 −0.2 pp
1974 4.76 −4.48 pp
1973 9.24 +2.78 pp
1972 6.46 +1.41 pp
1971 5.05 −0.78 pp
1970 5.82 −0.99 pp
1969 6.82 +1.31 pp
1968 5.51 −1.07 pp
1967 6.58 −0.07 pp
1966 6.66 +0.15 pp
1965 6.51 +0.6 pp
1964 5.91 +1.77 pp
1963 4.14 +0.24 pp
1962 3.89

About the indicator

The share of food in merchandise imports. The indicator reads as a measure of food dependence, but with a caveat: a high share occurs both in rich countries with little agriculture, where food is simply a large item of consumption, and in the poorest ones, where it means vulnerability to world grain prices. Comparing it with food insecurity and with the share of agriculture in the economy helps tell the two cases apart.

Important: A high value is not in itself a sign of trouble: in Singapore and Japan the share is high while the food supply is entirely secure. It is worth looking at together with food insecurity.

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