Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Greece

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Greece in 2024 — 13.06%. Ranked 65 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 1.08 pp.

2024 13.06% +0.91 pp vs 2023
World rank 65of 131
Period maximum 18.85%1987
Period minimum 8.41%1976

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Greece, 1962–2024510152019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 11.98%1964: 14.64%1966: 13.97%1968: 12.6%1970: 10.9%1972: 10.85%1974: 11.23%1976: 8.41%1978: 9.09%1980: 8.76%1982: 12.69%1984: 12.65%1986: 16.57%1988: 17.85%1990: 15.32%1992: 14.58%1994: 15.93%1996: 15.04%1998: 13.68%2000: 11.32%2002: 12.89%2004: 11.36%2006: 10.69%2008: 10.65%2010: 12.29%2012: 12.31%2014: 12.81%2016: 14.62%2018: 12.12%2020: 13.08%2022: 10.48%2024: 13.06%
Change over the period: +1.08 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Greece 13.06%
World 8.89%
Southern Europe computed 11.96%
High-income countries computed 8.94%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Greece, by year Greece All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 13.06 +0.91 pp
2023 12.16 +1.68 pp
2022 10.48 −1.09 pp
2021 11.57 −1.51 pp
2020 13.08 +0.57 pp
2019 12.51 +0.39 pp
2018 12.12 −1.37 pp
2017 13.49 −1.12 pp
2016 14.62 +0.53 pp
2015 14.09 +1.28 pp
2014 12.81 −0.33 pp
2013 13.14 +0.84 pp
2012 12.31 −0.87 pp
2011 13.17 +0.88 pp
2010 12.29 −0.01 pp
2009 12.31 +1.66 pp
2008 10.65 −0.34 pp
2007 10.99 +0.3 pp
2006 10.69 −0.55 pp
2005 11.24 −0.12 pp
2004 11.36 −0.23 pp
2003 11.59 −1.3 pp
2002 12.89 +0.99 pp
2001 11.89 +0.57 pp
2000 11.32 −1.76 pp
1999 13.09 −0.59 pp
1998 13.68 −1.18 pp
1997 14.86 −0.18 pp
1996 15.04 −0.94 pp
1995 15.98 +0.05 pp
1994 15.93 +1.77 pp
1993 14.16 −0.42 pp
1992 14.58 +0.57 pp
1991 14.02 −1.3 pp
1990 15.32 −0.87 pp
1989 16.19 −1.65 pp
1988 17.85 −1 pp
1987 18.85 +2.28 pp
1986 16.57 +3.61 pp
1985 12.96 +0.31 pp
1984 12.65 −0.62 pp
1983 13.27 +0.58 pp
1982 12.69 +1.4 pp
1981 11.29 +2.53 pp
1980 8.76 −1.14 pp
1979 9.89 +0.8 pp
1978 9.09 +0.59 pp
1977 8.5 +0.09 pp
1976 8.41 −1.33 pp
1975 9.75 −1.49 pp
1974 11.23 −1.17 pp
1973 12.4 +1.55 pp
1972 10.85 −1.24 pp
1971 12.09 +1.19 pp
1970 10.9 −1.51 pp
1969 12.41 −0.18 pp
1968 12.6 −2.16 pp
1967 14.76 +0.79 pp
1966 13.97 −1.54 pp
1965 15.51 +0.87 pp
1964 14.64 +0.55 pp
1963 14.09 +2.11 pp
1962 11.98

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.