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Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Oman

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Oman in 2024 — 13.89%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 131. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 0.6 pp.

2024 13.89% +0.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 58of 131
Period maximum 22.52%1999
Period minimum 5.77%2003

Trend over time

1975–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Oman, 1975–20240102030197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: 13.29%1976: 14.36%1977: 15.37%1978: 17.44%1979: 17.43%1980: 15.21%1981: 13.5%1982: 12.67%1983: 14.69%1984: 15.03%1985: 13.46%1986: 16.29%1987: 21.29%1988: 19.51%1989: 19.59%1990: 18.12%1991: 18.4%1992: 19.08%1993: 18.32%1994: 20.07%1995: 19.78%1996: 17.57%1997: 16.12%1998: 16.43%1999: 22.52%2000: 20.52%2001: 22.25%2002: 20.94%2003: 5.77%2004: 13.33%2005: 11.81%2006: 10.58%2007: 9.74%2008: 10.88%2009: 10.94%2010: 12.11%2011: 11.08%2012: 10.36%2013: 9.2%2014: 12.33%2015: 12.25%2016: 15.64%2017: 13.62%2018: 14.83%2019: 17.25%2020: 15.75%2021: 16.61%2022: 14.57%2023: 13.69%2024: 13.89%
Change over the period: +0.6 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Oman 13.89%
World 8.89%
Western Asia computed 10.66%
High-income countries computed 8.94%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Oman, by year Oman All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 13.89 +0.2 pp
2023 13.69 −0.88 pp
2022 14.57 −2.04 pp
2021 16.61 +0.86 pp
2020 15.75 −1.5 pp
2019 17.25 +2.42 pp
2018 14.83 +1.2 pp
2017 13.62 −2.02 pp
2016 15.64 +3.39 pp
2015 12.25 −0.08 pp
2014 12.33 +3.12 pp
2013 9.2 −1.16 pp
2012 10.36 −0.72 pp
2011 11.08 −1.03 pp
2010 12.11 +1.16 pp
2009 10.94 +0.06 pp
2008 10.88 +1.14 pp
2007 9.74 −0.83 pp
2006 10.58 −1.24 pp
2005 11.81 −1.52 pp
2004 13.33 +7.56 pp
2003 5.77 −15.16 pp
2002 20.94 −1.31 pp
2001 22.25 +1.72 pp
2000 20.52 −1.99 pp
1999 22.52 +6.09 pp
1998 16.43 +0.31 pp
1997 16.12 −1.44 pp
1996 17.57 −2.21 pp
1995 19.78 −0.29 pp
1994 20.07 +1.75 pp
1993 18.32 −0.76 pp
1992 19.08 +0.68 pp
1991 18.4 +0.29 pp
1990 18.12 −1.48 pp
1989 19.59 +0.08 pp
1988 19.51 −1.78 pp
1987 21.29 +5.01 pp
1986 16.29 +2.83 pp
1985 13.46 −1.58 pp
1984 15.03 +0.35 pp
1983 14.69 +2.02 pp
1982 12.67 −0.83 pp
1981 13.5 −1.71 pp
1980 15.21 −2.22 pp
1979 17.43 −0 pp
1978 17.44 +2.07 pp
1977 15.37 +1 pp
1976 14.36 +1.08 pp
1975 13.29 —

Western Asia, 2024

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

JO Jordan 20.67 LB Lebanon 18.55 KW Kuwait 17.49 CY Cyprus 15.27 BH Bahrain 15.01 OM Oman 13.89 AZ Azerbaijan 13.38 SA Saudi Arabia 12.95 GE Georgia 12.46 QA Qatar 11.18 IL Israel 10.55 AM Armenia 8.36 TR Türkiye 6.21
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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.

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