Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Tunisia

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Tunisia in 2024 — 11.5%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 131. Since 1962, the indicator has fallen by 13.59 pp.

2024 11.5% −1.88 pp vs 2023
World rank 81of 131
Period maximum 27.86%1970
Period minimum 7.99%1991

Trend over time

1962–2024 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Tunisia, 1962–2024010203019621969197619831990199720042011201820241962: 25.09%1964: 18.64%1966: 19.75%1968: 23.69%1970: 27.86%1972: 20.71%1974: 20.69%1976: 13.56%1978: 13.47%1980: 13.68%1982: 11.64%1984: 15.75%1986: 14.38%1990: 10.63%1992: 8.31%1994: 9.82%1996: 9.66%1998: 10.3%2000: 8.24%2002: 10.21%2004: 8.62%2006: 8.2%2008: 10.21%2010: 9.35%2012: 9.07%2014: 9.7%2016: 11.14%2018: 10.47%2020: 13.16%2022: 12.76%2024: 11.5%
Change over the period: −13.59 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Tunisia 11.5%
World 8.89%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 11.5 −1.88 pp
2023 13.39 +0.63 pp
2022 12.76 +0.71 pp
2021 12.05 −1.11 pp
2020 13.16 +2.65 pp
2019 10.51 +0.03 pp
2018 10.47 −0.58 pp
2017 11.05 −0.09 pp
2016 11.14 −0.04 pp
2015 11.18 +1.48 pp
2014 9.7 −0.92 pp
2013 10.63 +1.56 pp
2012 9.07 −2.25 pp
2011 11.32 +1.97 pp
2010 9.35 +0.8 pp
2009 8.56 −1.65 pp
2008 10.21 +0.4 pp
2007 9.81 +1.6 pp
2006 8.2 −0.25 pp
2005 8.46 −0.16 pp
2004 8.62 +0.22 pp
2003 8.4 −1.81 pp
2002 10.21 +1.88 pp
2001 8.33 +0.08 pp
2000 8.24 −0.06 pp
1999 8.3 −2 pp
1998 10.3 −0.5 pp
1997 10.8 +1.14 pp
1996 9.66 −2.88 pp
1995 12.54 +2.72 pp
1994 9.82 +1.51 pp
1993 8.31 +0 pp
1992 8.31 +0.32 pp
1991 7.99 −2.64 pp
1990 10.63
1987 11.93 −2.45 pp
1986 14.38 +0.28 pp
1985 14.1 −1.65 pp
1984 15.75 −0.1 pp
1983 15.85 +4.21 pp
1982 11.64 −2.63 pp
1981 14.27 +0.58 pp
1980 13.68 −1.04 pp
1979 14.72 +1.25 pp
1978 13.47 −0.02 pp
1977 13.49 −0.07 pp
1976 13.56 −5.16 pp
1975 18.72 −1.98 pp
1974 20.69 −0.24 pp
1973 20.93 +0.22 pp
1972 20.71 −2.09 pp
1971 22.8 −5.06 pp
1970 27.86 +2.43 pp
1969 25.43 +1.73 pp
1968 23.69 −3.6 pp
1967 27.3 +7.55 pp
1966 19.75 +3.54 pp
1965 16.2 −2.44 pp
1964 18.64 −2.61 pp
1963 21.26 −3.83 pp
1962 25.09

Northern Africa, 2024

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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.