Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Côte d'Ivoire

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Côte d'Ivoire in 2024 — 20.46%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 1.6 pp.

2024 20.46% +3.6 pp vs 2023
World rank 19of 131
Period maximum 25.13%2011
Period minimum 13.33%1978

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Côte d'Ivoire, 1962–2024101520253019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 18.86%1963: 17.68%1964: 17.71%1965: 18.34%1966: 20.7%1967: 15.84%1968: 16.63%1969: 14.83%1970: 15.9%1971: 16.07%1972: 17.34%1973: 20.09%1974: 17.25%1975: 14.7%1976: 13.37%1977: 14.01%1978: 13.33%1979: 15.01%1981: 20.3%1982: 19.32%1983: 20.59%1985: 17.16%1995: 20.89%1996: 18.59%1997: 19.2%1998: 20.75%1999: 19.2%2000: 17.18%2001: 21.09%2002: 22.58%2003: 22.49%2004: 17.2%2005: 14.62%2006: 17.28%2007: 17.41%2008: 19.61%2009: 23.19%2010: 19.25%2011: 25.13%2012: 20.01%2013: 14.52%2014: 16.84%2015: 17.57%2016: 21.52%2017: 20.93%2018: 21.05%2019: 21.36%2020: 21.59%2021: 22%2022: 17.99%2023: 16.86%2024: 20.46%
Change over the period: +1.6 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire 20.46%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Côte d'Ivoire, by year Côte d'Ivoire All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.46 +3.6 pp
2023 16.86 −1.13 pp
2022 17.99 −4.01 pp
2021 22 +0.41 pp
2020 21.59 +0.22 pp
2019 21.36 +0.31 pp
2018 21.05 +0.12 pp
2017 20.93 −0.59 pp
2016 21.52 +3.95 pp
2015 17.57 +0.73 pp
2014 16.84 +2.32 pp
2013 14.52 −5.49 pp
2012 20.01 −5.12 pp
2011 25.13 +5.88 pp
2010 19.25 −3.95 pp
2009 23.19 +3.58 pp
2008 19.61 +2.21 pp
2007 17.41 +0.12 pp
2006 17.28 +2.66 pp
2005 14.62 −2.58 pp
2004 17.2 −5.29 pp
2003 22.49 −0.09 pp
2002 22.58 +1.5 pp
2001 21.09 +3.9 pp
2000 17.18 −2.01 pp
1999 19.2 −1.56 pp
1998 20.75 +1.55 pp
1997 19.2 +0.61 pp
1996 18.59 −2.29 pp
1995 20.89
1985 17.16
1983 20.59 +1.27 pp
1982 19.32 −0.98 pp
1981 20.3
1979 15.01 +1.68 pp
1978 13.33 −0.68 pp
1977 14.01 +0.64 pp
1976 13.37 −1.34 pp
1975 14.7 −2.55 pp
1974 17.25 −2.84 pp
1973 20.09 +2.75 pp
1972 17.34 +1.27 pp
1971 16.07 +0.17 pp
1970 15.9 +1.07 pp
1969 14.83 −1.8 pp
1968 16.63 +0.79 pp
1967 15.84 −4.86 pp
1966 20.7 +2.36 pp
1965 18.34 +0.63 pp
1964 17.71 +0.03 pp
1963 17.68 −1.18 pp
1962 18.86

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.