Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025 — 18.19%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 24. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 4.25 pp.

2025 18.19% +0.75 pp vs 2024
World rank 2of 24
Period maximum 18.99%2009
Period minimum 13.94%2003

Trend over time

2003–2025 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2003–20251214161820200320062009201220152018202120242003: 13.94%2004: 16.46%2005: 17.38%2006: 16.83%2007: 15.86%2008: 15.82%2009: 18.99%2010: 18.1%2011: 17.58%2012: 18.22%2013: 17.89%2014: 16.75%2015: 17.98%2016: 17.99%2017: 16.99%2018: 15.81%2019: 16.19%2020: 17.82%2021: 15.58%2022: 15.13%2023: 16.36%2024: 17.44%2025: 18.19%
Change over the period: +4.25 pp Annual average: 0.19 pp
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.19 +0.75 pp
2024 17.44 +1.08 pp
2023 16.36 +1.24 pp
2022 15.13 −0.45 pp
2021 15.58 −2.24 pp
2020 17.82 +1.63 pp
2019 16.19 +0.37 pp
2018 15.81 −1.18 pp
2017 16.99 −1 pp
2016 17.99 +0.01 pp
2015 17.98 +1.23 pp
2014 16.75 −1.13 pp
2013 17.89 −0.33 pp
2012 18.22 +0.64 pp
2011 17.58 −0.52 pp
2010 18.1 −0.89 pp
2009 18.99 +3.17 pp
2008 15.82 −0.04 pp
2007 15.86 −0.97 pp
2006 16.83 −0.54 pp
2005 17.38 +0.92 pp
2004 16.46 +2.52 pp
2003 13.94

Southern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.19 PT Portugal 15.9

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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.