Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Fiji

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Fiji in 2024 — 18.96%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 131. Since 1967, the indicator has fallen by 6.67 pp.

2024 18.96% −0.03 pp vs 2023
World rank 27of 131
Period maximum 25.63%1967
Period minimum 13.99%2006

Trend over time

1967–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Fiji, 1967–20241015202530196719731979198519911997200320092015202120241967: 25.63%1968: 22.71%1969: 22.91%1970: 22.09%1971: 22.07%1972: 21.95%1973: 22.51%1974: 21.94%1975: 20.44%1976: 21.1%1977: 22.38%1978: 22.89%1979: 18.73%1980: 16.31%1981: 16.32%1982: 17.06%1983: 18.14%1984: 18.12%1985: 18.78%1986: 17.72%1987: 20.32%1989: 16.39%1990: 14.64%1991: 17.01%1992: 16.49%1993: 18.01%1994: 15.69%2000: 14.83%2001: 20.21%2002: 19.98%2003: 18.25%2004: 17.66%2005: 14.71%2006: 13.99%2007: 15.48%2008: 16.22%2009: 20.6%2010: 18.44%2011: 20.89%2012: 21.05%2013: 15.91%2014: 17.68%2015: 18.94%2016: 18.14%2017: 18.43%2018: 16.33%2019: 15.05%2020: 22.18%2021: 20.18%2022: 19.49%2023: 18.99%2024: 18.96%
Change over the period: −6.67 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Fiji 18.96%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Fiji, by year Fiji All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 18.96 −0.03 pp
2023 18.99 −0.5 pp
2022 19.49 −0.69 pp
2021 20.18 −2 pp
2020 22.18 +7.13 pp
2019 15.05 −1.27 pp
2018 16.33 −2.1 pp
2017 18.43 +0.29 pp
2016 18.14 −0.8 pp
2015 18.94 +1.26 pp
2014 17.68 +1.77 pp
2013 15.91 −5.15 pp
2012 21.05 +0.17 pp
2011 20.89 +2.45 pp
2010 18.44 −2.16 pp
2009 20.6 +4.38 pp
2008 16.22 +0.74 pp
2007 15.48 +1.49 pp
2006 13.99 −0.72 pp
2005 14.71 −2.95 pp
2004 17.66 −0.58 pp
2003 18.25 −1.74 pp
2002 19.98 −0.23 pp
2001 20.21 +5.38 pp
2000 14.83
1994 15.69 −2.33 pp
1993 18.01 +1.52 pp
1992 16.49 −0.52 pp
1991 17.01 +2.37 pp
1990 14.64 −1.76 pp
1989 16.39
1987 20.32 +2.6 pp
1986 17.72 −1.06 pp
1985 18.78 +0.66 pp
1984 18.12 −0.03 pp
1983 18.14 +1.08 pp
1982 17.06 +0.74 pp
1981 16.32 +0.01 pp
1980 16.31 −2.42 pp
1979 18.73 −4.16 pp
1978 22.89 +0.51 pp
1977 22.38 +1.28 pp
1976 21.1 +0.66 pp
1975 20.44 −1.5 pp
1974 21.94 −0.57 pp
1973 22.51 +0.56 pp
1972 21.95 −0.12 pp
1971 22.07 −0.02 pp
1970 22.09 −0.82 pp
1969 22.91 +0.2 pp
1968 22.71 −2.92 pp
1967 25.63

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.