Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Philippines

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in the Philippines in 2024 — 15.01%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 0.83 pp.

2024 15.01% +1.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 51of 131
Period maximum 20.35%1965
Period minimum 6.47%2003

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Philippines, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 15.83%1963: 14.41%1964: 16.73%1965: 20.35%1966: 15.84%1967: 16.15%1968: 13.25%1969: 12.79%1970: 11.22%1971: 13.64%1972: 15.26%1973: 13.87%1974: 11.11%1975: 10.49%1976: 9.88%1977: 9.53%1978: 7.98%1979: 7.38%1980: 7.81%1981: 8.5%1982: 8.36%1983: 8.86%1984: 8.54%1985: 10.71%1986: 10.27%1987: 8.54%1991: 8.54%1992: 8.44%1993: 7.78%1994: 8.1%1995: 8.35%1996: 8.13%1997: 7.6%1998: 8.8%1999: 8.26%2000: 7.02%2001: 7.65%2002: 7.05%2003: 6.47%2004: 6.74%2005: 6.93%2006: 6.75%2007: 7.31%2008: 10.78%2009: 11.53%2010: 11.03%2011: 10.31%2012: 10.43%2013: 10.24%2014: 12.17%2015: 11.72%2016: 11.62%2017: 11.07%2018: 11.19%2019: 12.03%2020: 13.79%2021: 13.18%2022: 13.92%2023: 13.91%2024: 15.01%
Change over the period: −0.83 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Philippines 15.01%
World 8.89%
South-Eastern Asia computed 7.72%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 15.01 +1.1 pp
2023 13.91 −0.01 pp
2022 13.92 +0.74 pp
2021 13.18 −0.62 pp
2020 13.79 +1.76 pp
2019 12.03 +0.84 pp
2018 11.19 +0.12 pp
2017 11.07 −0.54 pp
2016 11.62 −0.1 pp
2015 11.72 −0.46 pp
2014 12.17 +1.93 pp
2013 10.24 −0.2 pp
2012 10.43 +0.13 pp
2011 10.31 −0.73 pp
2010 11.03 −0.49 pp
2009 11.53 +0.74 pp
2008 10.78 +3.47 pp
2007 7.31 +0.56 pp
2006 6.75 −0.19 pp
2005 6.93 +0.19 pp
2004 6.74 +0.28 pp
2003 6.47 −0.58 pp
2002 7.05 −0.6 pp
2001 7.65 +0.63 pp
2000 7.02 −1.24 pp
1999 8.26 −0.54 pp
1998 8.8 +1.2 pp
1997 7.6 −0.53 pp
1996 8.13 −0.22 pp
1995 8.35 +0.25 pp
1994 8.1 +0.32 pp
1993 7.78 −0.65 pp
1992 8.44 −0.1 pp
1991 8.54
1987 8.54 −1.73 pp
1986 10.27 −0.44 pp
1985 10.71 +2.17 pp
1984 8.54 −0.32 pp
1983 8.86 +0.51 pp
1982 8.36 −0.15 pp
1981 8.5 +0.69 pp
1980 7.81 +0.43 pp
1979 7.38 −0.6 pp
1978 7.98 −1.55 pp
1977 9.53 −0.35 pp
1976 9.88 −0.61 pp
1975 10.49 −0.62 pp
1974 11.11 −2.76 pp
1973 13.87 −1.39 pp
1972 15.26 +1.62 pp
1971 13.64 +2.42 pp
1970 11.22 −1.57 pp
1969 12.79 −0.46 pp
1968 13.25 −2.9 pp
1967 16.15 +0.3 pp
1966 15.84 −4.51 pp
1965 20.35 +3.63 pp
1964 16.73 +2.32 pp
1963 14.41 −1.43 pp
1962 15.83

South-Eastern 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.