Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Morocco

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Morocco in 2024 — 11.18%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 18.19 pp.

2024 11.18% −2.8 pp vs 2023
World rank 85of 131
Period maximum 36.47%1965
Period minimum 9.31%2006

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Morocco, 1962–202401020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 29.37%1963: 25.52%1964: 30.83%1965: 36.47%1966: 32.38%1967: 31.49%1968: 26.67%1969: 18.57%1970: 20.66%1971: 24.83%1972: 21.57%1973: 27.79%1974: 28.19%1975: 29.61%1976: 19.95%1977: 16.98%1978: 19.81%1979: 19.19%1980: 19.79%1981: 23.43%1982: 16.3%1983: 17.64%1984: 20.54%1985: 17.5%1986: 15.89%1987: 13.45%1993: 17.12%1994: 14.48%1995: 19.53%1996: 18.89%1997: 16.62%1998: 14.19%1999: 13.27%2000: 13.74%2001: 14.37%2002: 14.01%2003: 11.02%2004: 10.91%2005: 10.55%2006: 9.31%2007: 12.21%2008: 11.8%2009: 11.24%2010: 11.47%2011: 12.64%2012: 12.46%2013: 10.78%2014: 12.21%2015: 11.02%2016: 12.31%2017: 11.29%2018: 10.83%2019: 10.93%2020: 14.6%2021: 13%2022: 13.39%2023: 13.98%2024: 11.18%
Change over the period: −18.19 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Morocco 11.18%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.18 −2.8 pp
2023 13.98 +0.59 pp
2022 13.39 +0.39 pp
2021 13 −1.61 pp
2020 14.6 +3.67 pp
2019 10.93 +0.1 pp
2018 10.83 −0.46 pp
2017 11.29 −1.02 pp
2016 12.31 +1.3 pp
2015 11.02 −1.2 pp
2014 12.21 +1.43 pp
2013 10.78 −1.68 pp
2012 12.46 −0.18 pp
2011 12.64 +1.17 pp
2010 11.47 +0.23 pp
2009 11.24 −0.56 pp
2008 11.8 −0.42 pp
2007 12.21 +2.91 pp
2006 9.31 −1.24 pp
2005 10.55 −0.36 pp
2004 10.91 −0.1 pp
2003 11.02 −2.99 pp
2002 14.01 −0.36 pp
2001 14.37 +0.63 pp
2000 13.74 +0.47 pp
1999 13.27 −0.92 pp
1998 14.19 −2.42 pp
1997 16.62 −2.27 pp
1996 18.89 −0.64 pp
1995 19.53 +5.04 pp
1994 14.48 −2.64 pp
1993 17.12
1987 13.45 −2.44 pp
1986 15.89 −1.61 pp
1985 17.5 −3.04 pp
1984 20.54 +2.91 pp
1983 17.64 +1.34 pp
1982 16.3 −7.13 pp
1981 23.43 +3.63 pp
1980 19.79 +0.61 pp
1979 19.19 −0.62 pp
1978 19.81 +2.82 pp
1977 16.98 −2.97 pp
1976 19.95 −9.65 pp
1975 29.61 +1.42 pp
1974 28.19 +0.4 pp
1973 27.79 +6.22 pp
1972 21.57 −3.26 pp
1971 24.83 +4.17 pp
1970 20.66 +2.09 pp
1969 18.57 −8.1 pp
1968 26.67 −4.82 pp
1967 31.49 −0.88 pp
1966 32.38 −4.09 pp
1965 36.47 +5.64 pp
1964 30.83 +5.31 pp
1963 25.52 −3.86 pp
1962 29.37

Northern Africa, 2024

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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.