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Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Papua New Guinea

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 16.49%. Ranked 52 in the world out of 160. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 2.38 pp.

2023 16.49% −1.58 pp vs 2022
World rank 52of 160
Period maximum 27.16%1974
Period minimum 11.03%2012

Trend over time

1971–2023 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Papua New Guinea, 1971–2023101520253019711977198319891995200120072013201920231971: 18.87%1972: 20.16%1973: 23.21%1974: 27.16%1975: 21.76%1976: 23.02%1981: 19.61%1982: 19.66%1983: 18.38%1984: 19.69%1985: 18.67%1986: 19.46%1987: 17.57%1998: 18.92%2000: 18.3%2001: 15.35%2002: 16.45%2003: 16.49%2004: 16.67%2011: 11.56%2012: 11.03%2019: 16.43%2020: 19.77%2021: 19.23%2022: 18.07%2023: 16.49%
Change over the period: −2.38 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 16.49%
World 8.68%
East Asia & Pacific 7.87%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10.21%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 16.49 −1.58 pp
2022 18.07 −1.16 pp
2021 19.23 −0.54 pp
2020 19.77 +3.34 pp
2019 16.43 —
2012 11.03 −0.53 pp
2011 11.56 —
2004 16.67 +0.19 pp
2003 16.49 +0.04 pp
2002 16.45 +1.1 pp
2001 15.35 −2.95 pp
2000 18.3 —
1998 18.92 —
1987 17.57 −1.89 pp
1986 19.46 +0.79 pp
1985 18.67 −1.02 pp
1984 19.69 +1.3 pp
1983 18.38 −1.28 pp
1982 19.66 +0.06 pp
1981 19.61 —
1976 23.02 +1.26 pp
1975 21.76 −5.4 pp
1974 27.16 +3.95 pp
1973 23.21 +3.05 pp
1972 20.16 +1.29 pp
1971 18.87 —

Melanesia, 2023

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

FJ Fiji 18.99 PG Papua New Guinea 16.49
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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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