Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Netherlands

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in the Netherlands in 2024 — 13.27%. Ranked 61 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 16.46 pp.

2024 13.27% +1.28 pp vs 2023
World rank 61of 131
Period maximum 29.73%1962
Period minimum 8.46%2006

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Netherlands, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 29.73%1964: 16.41%1966: 15.83%1968: 16.12%1970: 15.15%1972: 15.82%1974: 15.57%1976: 15.61%1978: 16.06%1980: 15.02%1982: 15.81%1984: 15.52%1986: 14.93%1988: 15.72%1990: 12.62%1992: 13.98%1994: 15.1%1996: 13.59%1998: 11.4%2000: 8.6%2002: 9.76%2004: 9.41%2006: 8.46%2008: 9.9%2010: 9.96%2012: 11.76%2014: 12.29%2016: 13.41%2018: 12.23%2020: 13.48%2022: 11.11%2024: 13.27%
Change over the period: −16.46 pp Annual average: -0.27 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Netherlands 13.27%
World 8.89%
Western Europe computed 10.22%
High-income countries computed 8.94%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 13.27 +1.28 pp
2023 11.99 +0.88 pp
2022 11.11 −0.84 pp
2021 11.95 −1.53 pp
2020 13.48 +1.28 pp
2019 12.2 −0.04 pp
2018 12.23 −0.87 pp
2017 13.11 −0.31 pp
2016 13.41 +0.19 pp
2015 13.23 +0.94 pp
2014 12.29 +0.02 pp
2013 12.27 +0.51 pp
2012 11.76 +0.04 pp
2011 11.72 +1.77 pp
2010 9.96 −0.97 pp
2009 10.93 +1.03 pp
2008 9.9 +0.76 pp
2007 9.13 +0.67 pp
2006 8.46 −0.4 pp
2005 8.86 −0.55 pp
2004 9.41 −0.86 pp
2003 10.27 +0.52 pp
2002 9.76 +0.99 pp
2001 8.77 +0.17 pp
2000 8.6 −2.6 pp
1999 11.2 −0.2 pp
1998 11.4 +0.39 pp
1997 11.01 −2.57 pp
1996 13.59 −0.34 pp
1995 13.93 −1.17 pp
1994 15.1 +0.53 pp
1993 14.57 +0.59 pp
1992 13.98 +0.79 pp
1991 13.19 +0.57 pp
1990 12.62 −0.67 pp
1989 13.29 −2.43 pp
1988 15.72 +0.78 pp
1987 14.94 +0.02 pp
1986 14.93 +0.03 pp
1985 14.9 −0.63 pp
1984 15.52 −0.05 pp
1983 15.57 −0.24 pp
1982 15.81 +0.3 pp
1981 15.51 +0.49 pp
1980 15.02 −0.32 pp
1979 15.34 −0.72 pp
1978 16.06 −0.07 pp
1977 16.13 +0.53 pp
1976 15.61 −0.65 pp
1975 16.26 +0.69 pp
1974 15.57 −1.26 pp
1973 16.83 +1.01 pp
1972 15.82 +0.83 pp
1971 14.99 −0.16 pp
1970 15.15 −0.88 pp
1969 16.03 −0.09 pp
1968 16.12 −0.09 pp
1967 16.21 +0.38 pp
1966 15.83 −0.35 pp
1965 16.18 −0.23 pp
1964 16.41 −0.21 pp
1963 16.62 −13.12 pp
1962 29.73

Western Europe, 2024

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.