Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — CIS

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in the CIS in 2024 — 11.45%. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 9.17 pp.

2024 11.45% −0.07 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 20.62%1998
Period minimum 11.31%2008

Trend over time

1998–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — CIS, 1998–20241012.51517.52022.519982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 20.62%1999: 17.26%2000: 17.29%2001: 18.08%2002: 18.39%2003: 16.98%2004: 14.56%2005: 14.33%2006: 12.86%2007: 11.62%2008: 11.31%2009: 14.33%2010: 13.21%2011: 11.72%2012: 11.71%2013: 12.56%2014: 13.17%2015: 13.79%2016: 12.5%2017: 11.66%2018: 11.67%2019: 11.51%2020: 13.02%2021: 12.02%2022: 16.79%2023: 11.52%2024: 11.45%
Change over the period: −9.17 pp Annual average: -0.35 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

CIS 11.45%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.45 −0.07 pp
2023 11.52 −5.26 pp
2022 16.79 +4.76 pp
2021 12.02 −1 pp
2020 13.02 +1.51 pp
2019 11.51 −0.17 pp
2018 11.67 +0.01 pp
2017 11.66 −0.84 pp
2016 12.5 −1.29 pp
2015 13.79 +0.61 pp
2014 13.17 +0.62 pp
2013 12.56 +0.85 pp
2012 11.71 −0.02 pp
2011 11.72 −1.49 pp
2010 13.21 −1.12 pp
2009 14.33 +3.02 pp
2008 11.31 −0.3 pp
2007 11.62 −1.25 pp
2006 12.86 −1.46 pp
2005 14.33 −0.23 pp
2004 14.56 −2.42 pp
2003 16.98 −1.41 pp
2002 18.39 +0.3 pp
2001 18.08 +0.8 pp
2000 17.29 +0.03 pp
1999 17.26 −3.36 pp
1998 20.62

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.