Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Madagascar

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Madagascar in 2024 — 18.36%. Ranked 33 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 4.38 pp.

2024 18.36% +0.26 pp vs 2023
World rank 33of 131
Period maximum 21.81%1974
Period minimum 8.54%1980

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Madagascar, 1962–202451015202519621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 13.98%1963: 13.52%1964: 13.4%1965: 19.66%1966: 14.64%1967: 11.43%1968: 11.24%1969: 13.47%1970: 12.42%1971: 15.11%1972: 13.75%1973: 18.42%1974: 21.81%1975: 14.21%1976: 14.04%1977: 14.55%1978: 16.92%1979: 15.1%1980: 8.54%1981: 14.09%1982: 16.2%1983: 20.01%1984: 12.08%1985: 12.58%1990: 11.18%1991: 11.23%1992: 13.39%1993: 13.98%1994: 15.31%1995: 16.26%1996: 11.41%1997: 15.18%1998: 14.42%1999: 13.67%2000: 13.18%2001: 14.39%2002: 15.95%2003: 18.32%2004: 14.59%2005: 15.36%2006: 14.51%2007: 15.3%2008: 10.53%2009: 10.62%2010: 13.55%2011: 17.85%2012: 16%2013: 17.19%2014: 16%2015: 14.12%2016: 15.49%2017: 19.94%2018: 17.18%2019: 16.51%2020: 20.31%2021: 21.51%2022: 19.17%2023: 18.09%2024: 18.36%
Change over the period: +4.38 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Madagascar 18.36%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 18.36 +0.26 pp
2023 18.09 −1.08 pp
2022 19.17 −2.34 pp
2021 21.51 +1.2 pp
2020 20.31 +3.8 pp
2019 16.51 −0.67 pp
2018 17.18 −2.76 pp
2017 19.94 +4.46 pp
2016 15.49 +1.37 pp
2015 14.12 −1.88 pp
2014 16 −1.19 pp
2013 17.19 +1.19 pp
2012 16 −1.85 pp
2011 17.85 +4.3 pp
2010 13.55 +2.93 pp
2009 10.62 +0.09 pp
2008 10.53 −4.77 pp
2007 15.3 +0.79 pp
2006 14.51 −0.85 pp
2005 15.36 +0.78 pp
2004 14.59 −3.73 pp
2003 18.32 +2.37 pp
2002 15.95 +1.56 pp
2001 14.39 +1.21 pp
2000 13.18 −0.49 pp
1999 13.67 −0.74 pp
1998 14.42 −0.77 pp
1997 15.18 +3.77 pp
1996 11.41 −4.85 pp
1995 16.26 +0.95 pp
1994 15.31 +1.33 pp
1993 13.98 +0.59 pp
1992 13.39 +2.16 pp
1991 11.23 +0.05 pp
1990 11.18
1985 12.58 +0.5 pp
1984 12.08 −7.93 pp
1983 20.01 +3.81 pp
1982 16.2 +2.11 pp
1981 14.09 +5.54 pp
1980 8.54 −6.56 pp
1979 15.1 −1.82 pp
1978 16.92 +2.37 pp
1977 14.55 +0.5 pp
1976 14.04 −0.17 pp
1975 14.21 −7.6 pp
1974 21.81 +3.39 pp
1973 18.42 +4.67 pp
1972 13.75 −1.35 pp
1971 15.11 +2.68 pp
1970 12.42 −1.04 pp
1969 13.47 +2.23 pp
1968 11.24 −0.19 pp
1967 11.43 −3.21 pp
1966 14.64 −5.02 pp
1965 19.66 +6.26 pp
1964 13.4 −0.12 pp
1963 13.52 −0.46 pp
1962 13.98

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.