Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Spain

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Spain in 2024 — 12.46%. Ranked 69 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 7.35 pp.

2024 12.46% +0.21 pp vs 2023
World rank 69of 131
Period maximum 22.36%1963
Period minimum 8.41%2006

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Spain, 1962–202451015202519621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 19.81%1964: 18.28%1966: 19.74%1968: 17.9%1970: 15.65%1972: 16.31%1974: 15.32%1976: 13.18%1978: 16.35%1980: 12.51%1982: 12.19%1984: 12.01%1986: 12.92%1988: 11.32%1990: 10.78%1992: 12.12%1994: 13.62%1996: 12.31%1998: 11.42%2000: 9.14%2002: 10.29%2004: 9.54%2006: 8.41%2008: 9.29%2010: 10.49%2012: 11.09%2014: 10.91%2016: 11.93%2018: 10.77%2020: 11.92%2022: 10.95%2024: 12.46%
Change over the period: −7.35 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Spain 12.46%
World 8.89%
Southern Europe computed 11.96%
High-income countries computed 8.94%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 12.46 +0.21 pp
2023 12.25 +1.31 pp
2022 10.95 −0.2 pp
2021 11.14 −0.78 pp
2020 11.92 +1.13 pp
2019 10.79 +0.02 pp
2018 10.77 −0.95 pp
2017 11.72 −0.21 pp
2016 11.93 +0.45 pp
2015 11.48 +0.57 pp
2014 10.91 −0.25 pp
2013 11.16 +0.07 pp
2012 11.09 +0.55 pp
2011 10.54 +0.06 pp
2010 10.49 −0.82 pp
2009 11.3 +2.02 pp
2008 9.29 +0.53 pp
2007 8.75 +0.34 pp
2006 8.41 −0.82 pp
2005 9.23 −0.31 pp
2004 9.54 −0.44 pp
2003 9.98 −0.32 pp
2002 10.29 +0.31 pp
2001 9.98 +0.84 pp
2000 9.14 −1.29 pp
1999 10.44 −0.99 pp
1998 11.42 −0.34 pp
1997 11.76 −0.55 pp
1996 12.31 −1.3 pp
1995 13.61 −0.01 pp
1994 13.62 +0.05 pp
1993 13.57 +1.45 pp
1992 12.12 +0.34 pp
1991 11.78 +1.01 pp
1990 10.78 +0.15 pp
1989 10.63 −0.69 pp
1988 11.32 −0.05 pp
1987 11.37 −1.54 pp
1986 12.92 +2.27 pp
1985 10.64 −1.37 pp
1984 12.01 −0.71 pp
1983 12.73 +0.53 pp
1982 12.19 +0.29 pp
1981 11.9 −0.61 pp
1980 12.51 −2.19 pp
1979 14.7 −1.65 pp
1978 16.35 +0.8 pp
1977 15.54 +2.36 pp
1976 13.18 −3.37 pp
1975 16.55 +1.23 pp
1974 15.32 −1.58 pp
1973 16.9 +0.59 pp
1972 16.31 −1.25 pp
1971 17.56 +1.91 pp
1970 15.65 −1.3 pp
1969 16.94 −0.95 pp
1968 17.9 −1.72 pp
1967 19.62 −0.12 pp
1966 19.74 −0.54 pp
1965 20.28 +2 pp
1964 18.28 −4.08 pp
1963 22.36 +2.55 pp
1962 19.81

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.