Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Denmark

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Denmark in 2025 — 13.56%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 24. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 2.87 pp.

2025 13.56% −0.35 pp vs 2024
World rank 5of 24
Period maximum 16.43%1962
Period minimum 10.01%1975

Trend over time

1962–2025 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Denmark, 1962–2025101214161819621969197619831990199720042011201820251962: 16.43%1964: 15.72%1966: 14.78%1968: 12.11%1970: 11.26%1972: 11.54%1974: 10.37%1976: 10.83%1978: 12.49%1980: 11.46%1982: 11.56%1984: 12.08%1986: 11.68%1988: 12.6%1990: 11.95%1992: 13.18%1994: 12.55%1996: 12.32%1998: 12.32%2000: 11.36%2002: 11.73%2004: 11.85%2006: 11.33%2008: 12%2010: 13.45%2012: 13.68%2014: 13.68%2016: 14.09%2018: 13.54%2020: 14.09%2022: 13.24%2024: 13.91%2025: 13.56%
Change over the period: −2.87 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 13.56 −0.35 pp
2024 13.91 −0.4 pp
2023 14.31 +1.07 pp
2022 13.24 +0.38 pp
2021 12.87 −1.23 pp
2020 14.09 +0.13 pp
2019 13.96 +0.43 pp
2018 13.54 −0.27 pp
2017 13.81 −0.28 pp
2016 14.09 +0.15 pp
2015 13.95 +0.27 pp
2014 13.68 −0.03 pp
2013 13.7 +0.02 pp
2012 13.68 +0.42 pp
2011 13.26 −0.19 pp
2010 13.45 +0.26 pp
2009 13.19 +1.2 pp
2008 12 +0.56 pp
2007 11.44 +0.11 pp
2006 11.33 −0.26 pp
2005 11.59 −0.26 pp
2004 11.85 −0.43 pp
2003 12.29 +0.55 pp
2002 11.73 +0.12 pp
2001 11.62 +0.25 pp
2000 11.36 −0.81 pp
1999 12.18 −0.14 pp
1998 12.32 −0.31 pp
1997 12.63 +0.31 pp
1996 12.32 +0.28 pp
1995 12.05 −0.5 pp
1994 12.55 −0.98 pp
1993 13.52 +0.35 pp
1992 13.18 +0.78 pp
1991 12.4 +0.45 pp
1990 11.95 −0.43 pp
1989 12.38 −0.22 pp
1988 12.6 +0.18 pp
1987 12.42 +0.73 pp
1986 11.68 +0.67 pp
1985 11.02 −1.07 pp
1984 12.08 +0.01 pp
1983 12.07 +0.51 pp
1982 11.56 −0.73 pp
1981 12.29 +0.83 pp
1980 11.46 +0.06 pp
1979 11.4 −1.09 pp
1978 12.49 −0.27 pp
1977 12.76 +1.93 pp
1976 10.83 +0.82 pp
1975 10.01 −0.35 pp
1974 10.37 −1.07 pp
1973 11.44 −0.1 pp
1972 11.54 +0.09 pp
1971 11.44 +0.19 pp
1970 11.26 +0.78 pp
1969 10.48 −1.63 pp
1968 12.11 −1.43 pp
1967 13.54 −1.24 pp
1966 14.78 −0.67 pp
1965 15.45 −0.26 pp
1964 15.72 −0.47 pp
1963 16.19 −0.24 pp
1962 16.43

Northern Europe, 2025

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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.