Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Togo

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Togo in 2024 — 17.65%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 11.11 pp.

2024 17.65% −1.65 pp vs 2023
World rank 34of 131
Period maximum 30.86%1983
Period minimum 10.06%1978

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Togo, 1962–202401020304019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 28.76%1963: 25.25%1964: 22.24%1965: 17.71%1966: 23.12%1967: 23.24%1968: 19.34%1969: 22.35%1970: 23.11%1971: 19.68%1972: 19.15%1973: 19.97%1974: 16.41%1975: 14.19%1976: 15.71%1977: 18.47%1978: 10.06%1979: 13.59%1980: 16.54%1981: 25.73%1983: 30.86%1986: 22.72%1987: 21.38%1988: 25.98%1991: 23.06%1994: 24.8%1995: 18.39%1996: 20.05%1997: 17.98%1998: 12.81%1999: 17.27%2000: 18.38%2001: 22.78%2002: 22.13%2003: 17.12%2004: 18.14%2005: 15.53%2007: 14.64%2008: 10.15%2009: 12.88%2010: 13.3%2011: 13.3%2012: 14.66%2013: 12.39%2014: 13.91%2015: 15.06%2016: 14.54%2017: 19.4%2018: 17.4%2019: 17.82%2020: 17.43%2021: 16.33%2022: 15.75%2023: 19.3%2024: 17.65%
Change over the period: −11.11 pp Annual average: -0.18 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Togo 17.65%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 17.65 −1.65 pp
2023 19.3 +3.54 pp
2022 15.75 −0.58 pp
2021 16.33 −1.1 pp
2020 17.43 −0.38 pp
2019 17.82 +0.41 pp
2018 17.4 −1.99 pp
2017 19.4 +4.86 pp
2016 14.54 −0.52 pp
2015 15.06 +1.15 pp
2014 13.91 +1.52 pp
2013 12.39 −2.27 pp
2012 14.66 +1.36 pp
2011 13.3 −0 pp
2010 13.3 +0.42 pp
2009 12.88 +2.73 pp
2008 10.15 −4.49 pp
2007 14.64
2005 15.53 −2.61 pp
2004 18.14 +1.02 pp
2003 17.12 −5.01 pp
2002 22.13 −0.65 pp
2001 22.78 +4.4 pp
2000 18.38 +1.11 pp
1999 17.27 +4.46 pp
1998 12.81 −5.17 pp
1997 17.98 −2.07 pp
1996 20.05 +1.66 pp
1995 18.39 −6.42 pp
1994 24.8
1991 23.06
1988 25.98 +4.6 pp
1987 21.38 −1.34 pp
1986 22.72
1983 30.86
1981 25.73 +9.2 pp
1980 16.54 +2.95 pp
1979 13.59 +3.54 pp
1978 10.06 −8.42 pp
1977 18.47 +2.77 pp
1976 15.71 +1.52 pp
1975 14.19 −2.22 pp
1974 16.41 −3.56 pp
1973 19.97 +0.82 pp
1972 19.15 −0.53 pp
1971 19.68 −3.43 pp
1970 23.11 +0.77 pp
1969 22.35 +3 pp
1968 19.34 −3.9 pp
1967 23.24 +0.12 pp
1966 23.12 +5.41 pp
1965 17.71 −4.54 pp
1964 22.24 −3.01 pp
1963 25.25 −3.5 pp
1962 28.76

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.