Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Jordan

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Jordan in 2024 — 20.67%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 131. Since 1964, the indicator has fallen by 8.76 pp.

2024 20.67% +0.49 pp vs 2023
World rank 18of 131
Period maximum 31.47%1972
Period minimum 13.31%2006

Trend over time

1964–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Jordan, 1964–2024101520253035196419701976198219881994200020062012201820241964: 29.43%1965: 29.75%1966: 30%1967: 29.93%1968: 31.2%1969: 29.42%1970: 31.04%1971: 30.19%1972: 31.47%1973: 31.46%1974: 29.17%1975: 22.4%1976: 25.83%1977: 18.27%1978: 21.35%1979: 20.16%1980: 18.16%1981: 17.08%1982: 18.22%1983: 17.71%1984: 19.73%1985: 18.81%1986: 21.78%1987: 18.99%1989: 16.91%1990: 25.82%1991: 26.81%1992: 21.22%1993: 20.17%1994: 21.66%1995: 20.59%1997: 23.53%1998: 23.1%1999: 21.81%2000: 18.74%2001: 17.6%2002: 16.86%2003: 17.65%2004: 17.02%2005: 13.62%2006: 13.31%2007: 15%2008: 16.65%2009: 17.02%2010: 16.23%2011: 16.11%2012: 17.39%2013: 17.13%2014: 17.77%2015: 18.95%2016: 21.1%2017: 18.67%2018: 18.91%2019: 19.52%2020: 23.85%2021: 21.03%2022: 21.2%2023: 20.18%2024: 20.67%
Change over the period: −8.76 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Jordan 20.67%
World 8.89%
Western Asia computed 10.66%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.67 +0.49 pp
2023 20.18 −1.03 pp
2022 21.2 +0.17 pp
2021 21.03 −2.82 pp
2020 23.85 +4.34 pp
2019 19.52 +0.61 pp
2018 18.91 +0.24 pp
2017 18.67 −2.43 pp
2016 21.1 +2.15 pp
2015 18.95 +1.17 pp
2014 17.77 +0.64 pp
2013 17.13 −0.26 pp
2012 17.39 +1.28 pp
2011 16.11 −0.12 pp
2010 16.23 −0.79 pp
2009 17.02 +0.37 pp
2008 16.65 +1.65 pp
2007 15 +1.69 pp
2006 13.31 −0.31 pp
2005 13.62 −3.41 pp
2004 17.02 −0.63 pp
2003 17.65 +0.79 pp
2002 16.86 −0.74 pp
2001 17.6 −1.14 pp
2000 18.74 −3.07 pp
1999 21.81 −1.29 pp
1998 23.1 −0.44 pp
1997 23.53
1995 20.59 −1.06 pp
1994 21.66 +1.49 pp
1993 20.17 −1.05 pp
1992 21.22 −5.59 pp
1991 26.81 +0.99 pp
1990 25.82 +8.91 pp
1989 16.91
1987 18.99 −2.79 pp
1986 21.78 +2.98 pp
1985 18.81 −0.92 pp
1984 19.73 +2.02 pp
1983 17.71 −0.51 pp
1982 18.22 +1.14 pp
1981 17.08 −1.08 pp
1980 18.16 −2.01 pp
1979 20.16 −1.18 pp
1978 21.35 +3.08 pp
1977 18.27 −7.56 pp
1976 25.83 +3.43 pp
1975 22.4 −6.77 pp
1974 29.17 −2.29 pp
1973 31.46 −0.01 pp
1972 31.47 +1.28 pp
1971 30.19 −0.85 pp
1970 31.04 +1.62 pp
1969 29.42 −1.79 pp
1968 31.2 +1.27 pp
1967 29.93 −0.07 pp
1966 30 +0.26 pp
1965 29.75 +0.32 pp
1964 29.43

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.