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Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Macao

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Macao in 2024 — 18.47%. Ranked 32 in the world out of 131. Since 1973, the indicator has fallen by 6.2 pp.

2024 18.47% +0.28 pp vs 2023
World rank 32of 131
Period maximum 30.45%1974
Period minimum 9.48%1987

Trend over time

1973–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Macao, 1973–202401020304019731979198519911997200320092015202120241973: 24.67%1974: 30.45%1975: 24.26%1976: 26.94%1977: 25.59%1978: 25.03%1979: 28.5%1980: 29.32%1981: 13.07%1983: 14.25%1984: 13.09%1985: 12.23%1986: 11.58%1987: 9.48%1989: 10.83%1990: 11.86%1991: 10.32%1992: 10.91%1993: 12.27%1994: 13.66%1995: 14.02%1996: 13.16%1997: 12.32%1998: 12.05%1999: 11.07%2000: 11.45%2001: 13.47%2002: 13.37%2003: 13.06%2004: 12.18%2005: 12.56%2006: 11.49%2007: 11.74%2008: 12.82%2009: 17.4%2010: 17.32%2011: 16.41%2012: 14.25%2013: 14.19%2014: 15.01%2015: 16.04%2016: 16.78%2017: 17.86%2018: 16.4%2019: 16.6%2020: 14.18%2021: 11.05%2022: 15.32%2023: 18.19%2024: 18.47%
Change over the period: −6.2 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Macao 18.47%
World 8.89%
East Asia & Pacific 7.43%
Eastern Asia computed 7.4%
High-income countries computed 8.94%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Macao, by year Macao All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 18.47 +0.28 pp
2023 18.19 +2.88 pp
2022 15.32 +4.27 pp
2021 11.05 −3.13 pp
2020 14.18 −2.41 pp
2019 16.6 +0.2 pp
2018 16.4 −1.46 pp
2017 17.86 +1.08 pp
2016 16.78 +0.74 pp
2015 16.04 +1.03 pp
2014 15.01 +0.82 pp
2013 14.19 −0.05 pp
2012 14.25 −2.16 pp
2011 16.41 −0.91 pp
2010 17.32 −0.08 pp
2009 17.4 +4.58 pp
2008 12.82 +1.07 pp
2007 11.74 +0.25 pp
2006 11.49 −1.06 pp
2005 12.56 +0.38 pp
2004 12.18 −0.88 pp
2003 13.06 −0.31 pp
2002 13.37 −0.1 pp
2001 13.47 +2.02 pp
2000 11.45 +0.39 pp
1999 11.07 −0.99 pp
1998 12.05 −0.27 pp
1997 12.32 −0.84 pp
1996 13.16 −0.87 pp
1995 14.02 +0.37 pp
1994 13.66 +1.39 pp
1993 12.27 +1.36 pp
1992 10.91 +0.59 pp
1991 10.32 −1.53 pp
1990 11.86 +1.03 pp
1989 10.83 —
1987 9.48 −2.1 pp
1986 11.58 −0.66 pp
1985 12.23 −0.86 pp
1984 13.09 −1.16 pp
1983 14.25 —
1981 13.07 −16.25 pp
1980 29.32 +0.82 pp
1979 28.5 +3.48 pp
1978 25.03 −0.57 pp
1977 25.59 −1.35 pp
1976 26.94 +2.68 pp
1975 24.26 −6.19 pp
1974 30.45 +5.78 pp
1973 24.67 —

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

MO Macao 18.47 JP Japan 9.52 CN China 8.11 KR South Korea 6.29 HK Hong Kong 3.32
Full table for all countries

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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