Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Germany

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Germany in 2024 — 9.16%. Ranked 103 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 16.43 pp.

2024 9.16% +0.76 pp vs 2023
World rank 103of 131
Period maximum 25.59%1962
Period minimum 6.54%2007

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Germany, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 25.59%1964: 20.21%1966: 21.82%1968: 19.23%1970: 16.94%1972: 17.56%1974: 13.95%1976: 13.98%1978: 15.22%1980: 12.13%1982: 12.62%1984: 12.17%1986: 12.6%1988: 11.48%1990: 10.14%1992: 10.24%1994: 10.24%1996: 9.84%1998: 8.89%2000: 6.58%2002: 7.91%2004: 6.8%2006: 6.62%2008: 7.39%2010: 7.61%2012: 7.84%2014: 8.11%2016: 8.41%2018: 7.76%2020: 8.55%2022: 7.4%2024: 9.16%
Change over the period: −16.43 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Germany 9.16%
World 8.89%
Western Europe computed 10.22%
High-income countries computed 8.94%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.16 +0.76 pp
2023 8.4 +0.99 pp
2022 7.4 −0.36 pp
2021 7.77 −0.78 pp
2020 8.55 +0.75 pp
2019 7.8 +0.04 pp
2018 7.76 −0.43 pp
2017 8.19 −0.22 pp
2016 8.41 +0.2 pp
2015 8.2 +0.09 pp
2014 8.11 −0.05 pp
2013 8.16 +0.31 pp
2012 7.84 +0.3 pp
2011 7.55 −0.06 pp
2010 7.61 −0.87 pp
2009 8.47 +1.09 pp
2008 7.39 +0.84 pp
2007 6.54 −0.08 pp
2006 6.62 −0.41 pp
2005 7.03 +0.23 pp
2004 6.8 −0.56 pp
2003 7.36 −0.55 pp
2002 7.91 +0.44 pp
2001 7.47 +0.89 pp
2000 6.58 −1.72 pp
1999 8.3 −0.59 pp
1998 8.89 −0.34 pp
1997 9.23 −0.61 pp
1996 9.84 +0.06 pp
1995 9.78 −0.46 pp
1994 10.24 +0.28 pp
1993 9.96 −0.28 pp
1992 10.24 +0.31 pp
1991 9.93 −0.21 pp
1990 10.14 −0.37 pp
1989 10.51 −0.97 pp
1988 11.48 −0.46 pp
1987 11.95 −0.66 pp
1986 12.6 +0.51 pp
1985 12.09 −0.08 pp
1984 12.17 −0.23 pp
1983 12.39 −0.22 pp
1982 12.62 +0.19 pp
1981 12.43 +0.3 pp
1980 12.13 −1.1 pp
1979 13.23 −1.99 pp
1978 15.22 −1.41 pp
1977 16.63 +2.65 pp
1976 13.98 −0.62 pp
1975 14.61 +0.65 pp
1974 13.95 −3.24 pp
1973 17.19 −0.37 pp
1972 17.56 −3.23 pp
1971 20.79 +3.85 pp
1970 16.94 −1.71 pp
1969 18.65 −0.58 pp
1968 19.23 −1.14 pp
1967 20.37 −1.45 pp
1966 21.82 +1.07 pp
1965 20.75 +0.54 pp
1964 20.21 −1.67 pp
1963 21.88 −3.71 pp
1962 25.59

Western Europe, 2024

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

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.

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