Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Honduras

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Honduras in 2024 — 19.47%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 131. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 7.43 pp.

2024 19.47% +0.06 pp vs 2023
World rank 24of 131
Period maximum 21.81%2020
Period minimum 8.35%1979

Trend over time

1963–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Honduras, 1963–202451015202519631970197719841991199820052012201920241963: 12.03%1964: 12.1%1965: 11.96%1966: 11.76%1967: 12.12%1968: 12.6%1969: 11.47%1970: 11.65%1971: 9.68%1972: 10.83%1973: 9.73%1974: 9.97%1975: 12.89%1976: 9.97%1977: 9.15%1978: 9.17%1979: 8.35%1980: 10.08%1981: 10.14%1982: 9.94%1983: 9.84%1984: 10.94%1985: 9.14%1986: 10.58%1987: 9.65%1993: 12.54%1994: 14.49%1995: 12.63%1996: 16.42%1997: 18.55%1998: 17.78%1999: 17.92%2000: 17.6%2001: 17.49%2002: 16.81%2003: 15.45%2004: 14.98%2005: 15.07%2006: 13.4%2007: 14.67%2009: 18.46%2010: 16.41%2011: 16.4%2012: 16.71%2014: 18.08%2015: 18.19%2016: 19.42%2017: 18.04%2018: 18.57%2019: 18.48%2020: 21.81%2021: 19.17%2023: 19.4%2024: 19.47%
Change over the period: +7.43 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Honduras 19.47%
World 8.89%
Central America computed 8.25%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Honduras, by year Honduras All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 19.47 +0.06 pp
2023 19.4
2021 19.17 −2.65 pp
2020 21.81 +3.34 pp
2019 18.48 −0.1 pp
2018 18.57 +0.53 pp
2017 18.04 −1.38 pp
2016 19.42 +1.22 pp
2015 18.19 +0.12 pp
2014 18.08
2012 16.71 +0.31 pp
2011 16.4 −0.01 pp
2010 16.41 −2.05 pp
2009 18.46
2007 14.67 +1.27 pp
2006 13.4 −1.67 pp
2005 15.07 +0.08 pp
2004 14.98 −0.46 pp
2003 15.45 −1.36 pp
2002 16.81 −0.68 pp
2001 17.49 −0.12 pp
2000 17.6 −0.32 pp
1999 17.92 +0.14 pp
1998 17.78 −0.77 pp
1997 18.55 +2.13 pp
1996 16.42 +3.79 pp
1995 12.63 −1.86 pp
1994 14.49 +1.95 pp
1993 12.54
1987 9.65 −0.94 pp
1986 10.58 +1.44 pp
1985 9.14 −1.8 pp
1984 10.94 +1.1 pp
1983 9.84 −0.1 pp
1982 9.94 −0.2 pp
1981 10.14 +0.06 pp
1980 10.08 +1.74 pp
1979 8.35 −0.82 pp
1978 9.17 +0.02 pp
1977 9.15 −0.82 pp
1976 9.97 −2.91 pp
1975 12.89 +2.91 pp
1974 9.97 +0.25 pp
1973 9.73 −1.1 pp
1972 10.83 +1.15 pp
1971 9.68 −1.97 pp
1970 11.65 +0.18 pp
1969 11.47 −1.13 pp
1968 12.6 +0.49 pp
1967 12.12 +0.35 pp
1966 11.76 −0.19 pp
1965 11.96 −0.14 pp
1964 12.1 +0.07 pp
1963 12.03

Central America, 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.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.