Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Senegal

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Senegal in 2024 — 18.99%. Ranked 26 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 13.35 pp.

2024 18.99% +0.48 pp vs 2023
World rank 26of 131
Period maximum 38.42%1967
Period minimum 18.51%2023

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Senegal, 1962–202415202530354019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 32.34%1963: 34.26%1964: 37.59%1965: 36.89%1966: 36.03%1967: 38.42%1968: 37.21%1969: 34.8%1970: 28.94%1971: 32.25%1972: 28.53%1973: 37.9%1974: 34.81%1975: 24.7%1977: 23.75%1978: 25.3%1979: 24%1980: 24.56%1981: 27.46%1986: 22.95%1987: 21.36%1996: 24.71%1997: 26.79%1998: 29.97%1999: 28.58%2000: 23.31%2001: 26.77%2002: 26.07%2003: 29.6%2004: 28.26%2005: 28.14%2006: 23.38%2007: 25.06%2008: 25.94%2009: 24.19%2010: 22.41%2011: 22.95%2012: 24.15%2013: 24.23%2014: 22.78%2015: 21.69%2016: 23.35%2017: 23.99%2018: 21.04%2019: 19.61%2020: 24.01%2021: 21.36%2022: 18.81%2023: 18.51%2024: 18.99%
Change over the period: −13.35 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Senegal 18.99%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 18.99 +0.48 pp
2023 18.51 −0.31 pp
2022 18.81 −2.55 pp
2021 21.36 −2.65 pp
2020 24.01 +4.4 pp
2019 19.61 −1.43 pp
2018 21.04 −2.95 pp
2017 23.99 +0.64 pp
2016 23.35 +1.66 pp
2015 21.69 −1.09 pp
2014 22.78 −1.45 pp
2013 24.23 +0.08 pp
2012 24.15 +1.2 pp
2011 22.95 +0.54 pp
2010 22.41 −1.78 pp
2009 24.19 −1.75 pp
2008 25.94 +0.88 pp
2007 25.06 +1.67 pp
2006 23.38 −4.76 pp
2005 28.14 −0.12 pp
2004 28.26 −1.34 pp
2003 29.6 +3.53 pp
2002 26.07 −0.7 pp
2001 26.77 +3.47 pp
2000 23.31 −5.28 pp
1999 28.58 −1.39 pp
1998 29.97 +3.19 pp
1997 26.79 +2.08 pp
1996 24.71
1987 21.36 −1.59 pp
1986 22.95
1981 27.46 +2.9 pp
1980 24.56 +0.56 pp
1979 24 −1.3 pp
1978 25.3 +1.55 pp
1977 23.75
1975 24.7 −10.11 pp
1974 34.81 −3.09 pp
1973 37.9 +9.37 pp
1972 28.53 −3.72 pp
1971 32.25 +3.3 pp
1970 28.94 −5.86 pp
1969 34.8 −2.41 pp
1968 37.21 −1.21 pp
1967 38.42 +2.4 pp
1966 36.03 −0.86 pp
1965 36.89 −0.7 pp
1964 37.59 +3.33 pp
1963 34.26 +1.93 pp
1962 32.34

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.