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Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — all countries

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Venezuela

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Venezuela in 2013 — 18.41%. Ranked 39 in the world out of 171. Since 1962, the indicator has risen by 2.3 pp.

2013 18.41% +2.77 pp vs 2012
World rank 39of 171
Period maximum 20.08%1983
Period minimum 7.12%2007

Trend over time

1962–2013 · % of merchandise imports

Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Venezuela, 1962–201351015202519621968197419801986199219982004201020131962: 16.11%1963: 14.9%1964: 14.32%1965: 12.24%1966: 11.85%1967: 12.66%1968: 11.96%1969: 11.3%1970: 10.4%1971: 9.67%1972: 9.45%1973: 13.25%1974: 11.98%1975: 12.23%1976: 11.58%1977: 11.94%1978: 11.77%1979: 12.24%1980: 14.48%1981: 16.86%1982: 14.04%1983: 20.08%1984: 16.45%1985: 12.88%1986: 9.37%1987: 10.77%1990: 11.2%1991: 10.37%1992: 9.95%1993: 11.45%1994: 13.32%1995: 14.29%1996: 15.58%1997: 10.94%1998: 12.18%1999: 12.74%2000: 11.69%2001: 11.5%2002: 12.59%2003: 17.27%2004: 14.82%2005: 9.93%2006: 7.52%2007: 7.12%2008: 16.23%2009: 16.17%2010: 15.47%2011: 15.87%2012: 15.64%2013: 18.41%
Change over the period: +2.3 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2013

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

Venezuela 18.41%
World 7.78%
Latin America & Caribbean 7.54%
South America computed 7.14%
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2013 18.41 +2.77 pp
2012 15.64 −0.24 pp
2011 15.87 +0.4 pp
2010 15.47 −0.69 pp
2009 16.17 −0.07 pp
2008 16.23 +9.12 pp
2007 7.12 −0.4 pp
2006 7.52 −2.41 pp
2005 9.93 −4.89 pp
2004 14.82 −2.45 pp
2003 17.27 +4.68 pp
2002 12.59 +1.1 pp
2001 11.5 −0.19 pp
2000 11.69 −1.05 pp
1999 12.74 +0.56 pp
1998 12.18 +1.25 pp
1997 10.94 −4.64 pp
1996 15.58 +1.29 pp
1995 14.29 +0.97 pp
1994 13.32 +1.88 pp
1993 11.45 +1.5 pp
1992 9.95 −0.42 pp
1991 10.37 −0.83 pp
1990 11.2 —
1987 10.77 +1.4 pp
1986 9.37 −3.51 pp
1985 12.88 −3.56 pp
1984 16.45 −3.63 pp
1983 20.08 +6.03 pp
1982 14.04 −2.82 pp
1981 16.86 +2.38 pp
1980 14.48 +2.24 pp
1979 12.24 +0.47 pp
1978 11.77 −0.18 pp
1977 11.94 +0.37 pp
1976 11.58 −0.66 pp
1975 12.23 +0.26 pp
1974 11.98 −1.27 pp
1973 13.25 +3.8 pp
1972 9.45 −0.22 pp
1971 9.67 −0.74 pp
1970 10.4 −0.9 pp
1969 11.3 −0.66 pp
1968 11.96 −0.7 pp
1967 12.66 +0.81 pp
1966 11.85 −0.39 pp
1965 12.24 −2.08 pp
1964 14.32 −0.57 pp
1963 14.9 −1.22 pp
1962 16.11 —

South America, 2013

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

VE Venezuela 18.41 GY Guyana 14.52 SR Suriname 11.32 UY Uruguay 11.28 CO Colombia 9.99 PE Peru 8.24 PY Paraguay 7.97 CL Chile 7.77 EC Ecuador 7.31 BO Bolivia 7.2 BR Brazil 4.98 AR Argentina 2.28
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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.

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