Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Burkina Faso

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 11.18%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 9.54 pp.

2024 11.18% −0.19 pp vs 2023
World rank 83of 131
Period maximum 34.53%1974
Period minimum 10.74%2019

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Burkina Faso, 1962–202401020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 20.72%1963: 24.91%1964: 27.09%1965: 24.85%1966: 28.35%1967: 26.98%1968: 21.53%1969: 19.35%1970: 20.44%1971: 22.01%1972: 25.79%1973: 26.02%1974: 34.53%1975: 21.17%1976: 18.93%1977: 20.4%1978: 28.45%1979: 21.85%1980: 20.49%1981: 24.72%1982: 25.24%1983: 25.51%1995: 21.23%1996: 22.33%1997: 16.55%1998: 20.62%1999: 17.72%2000: 12.57%2001: 14.98%2002: 21.29%2003: 19.08%2004: 17.55%2005: 18.28%2007: 14.84%2008: 14.87%2009: 14.36%2010: 14%2011: 14.75%2012: 13.12%2013: 12.02%2014: 12.68%2015: 13.61%2016: 13.68%2017: 12.22%2018: 12.16%2019: 10.74%2020: 11.64%2021: 11.68%2022: 11.27%2023: 11.37%2024: 11.18%
Change over the period: −9.54 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 11.18%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.18 −0.19 pp
2023 11.37 +0.1 pp
2022 11.27 −0.41 pp
2021 11.68 +0.04 pp
2020 11.64 +0.9 pp
2019 10.74 −1.42 pp
2018 12.16 −0.06 pp
2017 12.22 −1.46 pp
2016 13.68 +0.07 pp
2015 13.61 +0.93 pp
2014 12.68 +0.66 pp
2013 12.02 −1.11 pp
2012 13.12 −1.63 pp
2011 14.75 +0.75 pp
2010 14 −0.37 pp
2009 14.36 −0.5 pp
2008 14.87 +0.03 pp
2007 14.84
2005 18.28 +0.73 pp
2004 17.55 −1.52 pp
2003 19.08 −2.21 pp
2002 21.29 +6.31 pp
2001 14.98 +2.41 pp
2000 12.57 −5.15 pp
1999 17.72 −2.89 pp
1998 20.62 +4.07 pp
1997 16.55 −5.78 pp
1996 22.33 +1.1 pp
1995 21.23
1983 25.51 +0.27 pp
1982 25.24 +0.53 pp
1981 24.72 +4.22 pp
1980 20.49 −1.35 pp
1979 21.85 −6.6 pp
1978 28.45 +8.05 pp
1977 20.4 +1.47 pp
1976 18.93 −2.24 pp
1975 21.17 −13.36 pp
1974 34.53 +8.51 pp
1973 26.02 +0.23 pp
1972 25.79 +3.79 pp
1971 22.01 +1.57 pp
1970 20.44 +1.08 pp
1969 19.35 −2.17 pp
1968 21.53 −5.46 pp
1967 26.98 −1.36 pp
1966 28.35 +3.5 pp
1965 24.85 −2.25 pp
1964 27.09 +2.18 pp
1963 24.91 +4.19 pp
1962 20.72

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.