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Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Gabon

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Gabon in 2023 — 15.72%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 160. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 5.96 pp.

2023 15.72% +0.39 pp vs 2022
World rank 60of 160
Period maximum 24.24%2004
Period minimum 6.35%2014

Trend over time

1962–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Gabon, 1962–2023010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820231962: 21.68%1963: 18.33%1964: 18.12%1965: 15.96%1966: 15.27%1967: 15.63%1968: 16.9%1969: 14.38%1970: 14.26%1971: 14.05%1975: 13.15%1976: 11.71%1977: 11.31%1978: 19.42%1979: 19%1980: 19.14%1981: 16.02%1982: 16.68%1983: 17.98%1993: 19.39%1994: 17.33%1996: 19.15%1997: 17.61%1998: 15.4%1999: 19.17%2000: 18.24%2001: 18.32%2002: 15.88%2003: 15.04%2004: 24.24%2005: 19.1%2006: 16.62%2007: 18.11%2008: 17.54%2009: 17.14%2010: 15.69%2011: 18.49%2012: 9.28%2013: 9.62%2014: 6.35%2015: 8.87%2016: 11.02%2017: 14.78%2018: 16.38%2019: 14.33%2020: 16.64%2021: 16.91%2022: 15.33%2023: 15.72%
Change over the period: −5.96 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Gabon 15.72%
World 8.68%
Sub-Saharan Africa 12.18%
Middle Africa computed 11.99%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.69%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 15.72 +0.39 pp
2022 15.33 −1.58 pp
2021 16.91 +0.26 pp
2020 16.64 +2.31 pp
2019 14.33 −2.05 pp
2018 16.38 +1.6 pp
2017 14.78 +3.76 pp
2016 11.02 +2.16 pp
2015 8.87 +2.52 pp
2014 6.35 −3.27 pp
2013 9.62 +0.34 pp
2012 9.28 −9.2 pp
2011 18.49 +2.79 pp
2010 15.69 −1.45 pp
2009 17.14 −0.39 pp
2008 17.54 −0.58 pp
2007 18.11 +1.49 pp
2006 16.62 −2.47 pp
2005 19.1 −5.14 pp
2004 24.24 +9.2 pp
2003 15.04 −0.84 pp
2002 15.88 −2.44 pp
2001 18.32 +0.08 pp
2000 18.24 −0.93 pp
1999 19.17 +3.78 pp
1998 15.4 −2.21 pp
1997 17.61 −1.54 pp
1996 19.15 —
1994 17.33 −2.07 pp
1993 19.39 —
1983 17.98 +1.3 pp
1982 16.68 +0.66 pp
1981 16.02 −3.12 pp
1980 19.14 +0.14 pp
1979 19 −0.42 pp
1978 19.42 +8.11 pp
1977 11.31 −0.4 pp
1976 11.71 −1.44 pp
1975 13.15 —
1971 14.05 −0.22 pp
1970 14.26 −0.12 pp
1969 14.38 −2.52 pp
1968 16.9 +1.27 pp
1967 15.63 +0.36 pp
1966 15.27 −0.69 pp
1965 15.96 −2.16 pp
1964 18.12 −0.21 pp
1963 18.33 −3.35 pp
1962 21.68 —

Middle Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ST Sao Tome and Principe 31.81 CM Cameroon 21.75 CG Republic of the Congo 21.24 CF Central African Republic 18.51 GA Gabon 15.72 AO Angola 14.44 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.77
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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.

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