Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Pakistan

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Pakistan in 2024 — 14.1%. Ranked 55 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 0.24 pp.

2024 14.1% −2.01 pp vs 2023
World rank 55of 131
Period maximum 30.17%1972
Period minimum 8.36%1969

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Pakistan, 1962–202401020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 14.34%1963: 21.96%1964: 20.41%1965: 20.16%1966: 15.75%1967: 21.55%1968: 19.01%1969: 8.36%1970: 20.91%1971: 19.03%1972: 30.17%1973: 24.86%1974: 23.18%1975: 23.6%1976: 20.9%1977: 17%1978: 19.32%1979: 19.91%1980: 13.03%1981: 14.05%1982: 13.57%1983: 14.03%1984: 17.08%1985: 18.89%1986: 17.85%1987: 13.81%1990: 17.35%1991: 12.16%1992: 15.08%1993: 14.22%1995: 17.5%1996: 14.82%1997: 18.57%1998: 20.29%1999: 16.37%2000: 13.77%2001: 12.21%2002: 11.88%2003: 11.29%2004: 10%2005: 10.4%2006: 10.26%2007: 8.86%2008: 11.85%2009: 11.34%2010: 13.04%2011: 11.95%2012: 11.06%2013: 10.2%2014: 11.73%2015: 12.1%2016: 12.51%2017: 11.81%2018: 10.04%2019: 10.74%2020: 14.99%2021: 12.87%2022: 13.21%2023: 16.11%2024: 14.1%
Change over the period: −0.24 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Pakistan 14.1%
World 8.89%
South Asia 5.6%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 14.1 −2.01 pp
2023 16.11 +2.9 pp
2022 13.21 +0.34 pp
2021 12.87 −2.13 pp
2020 14.99 +4.26 pp
2019 10.74 +0.7 pp
2018 10.04 −1.77 pp
2017 11.81 −0.7 pp
2016 12.51 +0.41 pp
2015 12.1 +0.37 pp
2014 11.73 +1.52 pp
2013 10.2 −0.86 pp
2012 11.06 −0.89 pp
2011 11.95 −1.1 pp
2010 13.04 +1.7 pp
2009 11.34 −0.51 pp
2008 11.85 +2.99 pp
2007 8.86 −1.4 pp
2006 10.26 −0.14 pp
2005 10.4 +0.4 pp
2004 10 −1.29 pp
2003 11.29 −0.6 pp
2002 11.88 −0.33 pp
2001 12.21 −1.56 pp
2000 13.77 −2.6 pp
1999 16.37 −3.92 pp
1998 20.29 +1.71 pp
1997 18.57 +3.76 pp
1996 14.82 −2.69 pp
1995 17.5
1993 14.22 −0.86 pp
1992 15.08 +2.92 pp
1991 12.16 −5.2 pp
1990 17.35
1987 13.81 −4.04 pp
1986 17.85 −1.04 pp
1985 18.89 +1.81 pp
1984 17.08 +3.05 pp
1983 14.03 +0.45 pp
1982 13.57 −0.48 pp
1981 14.05 +1.02 pp
1980 13.03 −6.88 pp
1979 19.91 +0.59 pp
1978 19.32 +2.32 pp
1977 17 −3.9 pp
1976 20.9 −2.7 pp
1975 23.6 +0.41 pp
1974 23.18 −1.67 pp
1973 24.86 −5.31 pp
1972 30.17 +11.14 pp
1971 19.03 −1.88 pp
1970 20.91 +12.55 pp
1969 8.36 −10.65 pp
1968 19.01 −2.54 pp
1967 21.55 +5.8 pp
1966 15.75 −4.41 pp
1965 20.16 −0.25 pp
1964 20.41 −1.55 pp
1963 21.96 +7.62 pp
1962 14.34

Southern Asia, 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.