Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Mongolia

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Mongolia in 2023 — 11.01%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 160. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 3.26 pp.

2023 11.01% −1.63 pp vs 2022
World rank 107of 160
Period maximum 17.87%2001
Period minimum 8.99%2014

Trend over time

1996–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Mongolia, 1996–20237.51012.51517.52019961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 14.27%1997: 16.32%1998: 16.52%1999: 11.73%2000: 16.56%2001: 17.87%2003: 14.42%2004: 15.59%2005: 12.97%2006: 12.09%2007: 11.83%2013: 9.08%2014: 8.99%2015: 12.47%2016: 15.11%2017: 12.46%2018: 11.41%2019: 10.39%2020: 12.55%2021: 13.97%2022: 12.64%2023: 11.01%
Change over the period: −3.26 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Mongolia 11.01%
World 8.68%
Eastern Asia computed 8.02%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 11.01 −1.63 pp
2022 12.64 −1.34 pp
2021 13.97 +1.42 pp
2020 12.55 +2.16 pp
2019 10.39 −1.02 pp
2018 11.41 −1.05 pp
2017 12.46 −2.65 pp
2016 15.11 +2.64 pp
2015 12.47 +3.48 pp
2014 8.99 −0.09 pp
2013 9.08
2007 11.83 −0.26 pp
2006 12.09 −0.88 pp
2005 12.97 −2.62 pp
2004 15.59 +1.17 pp
2003 14.42
2001 17.87 +1.31 pp
2000 16.56 +4.83 pp
1999 11.73 −4.78 pp
1998 16.52 +0.2 pp
1997 16.32 +2.05 pp
1996 14.27

Eastern Asia, 2023

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.