Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Sudan

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Sudan in 2018 — 29.91%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 174. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 9.67 pp.

2018 29.91% +8.73 pp vs 2017
World rank 10of 174
Period maximum 36.34%2016
Period minimum 8.14%2007

Trend over time

1963–2018 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Sudan, 1963–201801020304019631969197519811987199319992005201120171963: 20.24%1964: 24.26%1965: 24.37%1966: 22.66%1967: 23.21%1968: 21.36%1969: 14%1970: 21.27%1971: 21.02%1972: 23.31%1973: 24.29%1974: 23.91%1975: 18.67%1976: 13.9%1977: 12.74%1978: 19.01%1979: 18.73%1980: 25.87%1981: 19.26%1982: 21.15%1984: 17.27%1985: 16.89%1995: 24.38%1996: 17.34%1997: 15.64%1998: 15.15%1999: 18.47%2000: 22.73%2001: 19.34%2002: 18.68%2003: 16.39%2004: 14.39%2005: 12.51%2006: 11.91%2007: 8.14%2008: 13.03%2009: 15.21%2010: 25.88%2011: 17.98%2012: 22.23%2013: 19.52%2014: 25.42%2015: 20.5%2016: 36.34%2017: 21.18%2018: 29.91%
Change over the period: +9.67 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Sudan 29.91%
World 8.11%
Northern Africa computed 16.17%
Low-income countries computed 19.33%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Sudan, by year Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 29.91 +8.73 pp
2017 21.18 −15.17 pp
2016 36.34 +15.84 pp
2015 20.5 −4.92 pp
2014 25.42 +5.9 pp
2013 19.52 −2.7 pp
2012 22.23 +4.25 pp
2011 17.98 −7.9 pp
2010 25.88 +10.66 pp
2009 15.21 +2.18 pp
2008 13.03 +4.88 pp
2007 8.14 −3.76 pp
2006 11.91 −0.61 pp
2005 12.51 −1.88 pp
2004 14.39 −2 pp
2003 16.39 −2.28 pp
2002 18.68 −0.66 pp
2001 19.34 −3.4 pp
2000 22.73 +4.26 pp
1999 18.47 +3.32 pp
1998 15.15 −0.49 pp
1997 15.64 −1.7 pp
1996 17.34 −7.05 pp
1995 24.38
1985 16.89 −0.38 pp
1984 17.27
1982 21.15 +1.89 pp
1981 19.26 −6.61 pp
1980 25.87 +7.14 pp
1979 18.73 −0.28 pp
1978 19.01 +6.27 pp
1977 12.74 −1.16 pp
1976 13.9 −4.77 pp
1975 18.67 −5.24 pp
1974 23.91 −0.38 pp
1973 24.29 +0.98 pp
1972 23.31 +2.3 pp
1971 21.02 −0.26 pp
1970 21.27 +7.27 pp
1969 14 −7.36 pp
1968 21.36 −1.85 pp
1967 23.21 +0.54 pp
1966 22.66 −1.71 pp
1965 24.37 +0.1 pp
1964 24.26 +4.02 pp
1963 20.24

Northern Africa, 2018

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.