Food exports (% of merchandise exports) - Country Ranking
Definition: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).
Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Rank | Country | Value | Year |
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1 | Tonga | 354.55 | 2014 |
2 | Yemen | 99.29 | 2019 |
3 | Guinea-Bissau | 98.66 | 2005 |
4 | Somalia | 93.73 | 1982 |
5 | Belize | 92.66 | 2021 |
6 | Greenland | 92.34 | 2018 |
7 | Malawi | 92.23 | 2020 |
8 | São Tomé and Principe | 88.78 | 2020 |
9 | Palau | 88.73 | 2018 |
10 | The Gambia | 88.32 | 2020 |
11 | Vanuatu | 85.32 | 2011 |
12 | Kiribati | 84.12 | 2020 |
13 | Seychelles | 78.98 | 2020 |
14 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.93 | 2019 |
15 | Ethiopia | 77.58 | 2020 |
16 | Grenada | 76.61 | 2021 |
17 | Honduras | 71.07 | 2019 |
18 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.78 | 2019 |
19 | Paraguay | 69.01 | 2021 |
20 | Cabo Verde | 67.63 | 2020 |
21 | Uruguay | 67.10 | 2020 |
22 | New Zealand | 65.50 | 2021 |
23 | Comoros | 65.39 | 2020 |
24 | Samoa | 64.98 | 2019 |
25 | Argentina | 64.89 | 2020 |
26 | Timor-Leste | 64.00 | 2017 |
27 | Afghanistan | 63.85 | 2019 |
28 | Fiji | 60.02 | 2020 |
29 | Equatorial Guinea | 57.87 | 1983 |
30 | Moldova | 55.59 | 2021 |
31 | Ecuador | 55.57 | 2020 |
32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.90 | 2019 |
33 | Burundi | 49.86 | 2020 |
34 | Nicaragua | 48.59 | 2020 |
35 | Kenya | 47.52 | 2021 |
36 | Iceland | 45.96 | 2021 |
37 | Guatemala | 45.80 | 2021 |
38 | Sierra Leone | 45.64 | 2018 |
39 | Nepal | 45.28 | 2019 |
40 | Madagascar | 44.93 | 2020 |
41 | Cayman Islands | 44.05 | 1980 |
42 | Eritrea | 41.99 | 2003 |
43 | Barbados | 41.10 | 2021 |
44 | Mauritius | 40.35 | 2021 |
45 | Ukraine | 40.32 | 2021 |
46 | Costa Rica | 39.80 | 2020 |
47 | Brazil | 38.91 | 2020 |
48 | St. Lucia | 38.37 | 2019 |
49 | Uganda | 37.53 | 2020 |
50 | Rwanda | 34.71 | 2019 |
51 | Jamaica | 31.39 | 2020 |
52 | Senegal | 31.35 | 2020 |
53 | Tanzania | 31.28 | 2021 |
54 | Eswatini | 30.84 | 2020 |
55 | Armenia | 30.73 | 2021 |
56 | Cyprus | 30.14 | 2021 |
57 | Georgia | 30.12 | 2021 |
58 | Mauritania | 29.10 | 2020 |
59 | Myanmar | 28.90 | 2020 |
60 | Lao PDR | 28.07 | 2020 |
61 | Namibia | 27.76 | 2020 |
62 | Papua New Guinea | 27.07 | 2012 |
63 | Sri Lanka | 26.60 | 2020 |
64 | Peru | 26.04 | 2020 |
65 | Togo | 25.65 | 2020 |
66 | Indonesia | 23.60 | 2020 |
67 | Morocco | 23.09 | 2020 |
68 | Dominican Republic | 22.30 | 2020 |
69 | Zimbabwe | 22.00 | 2020 |
70 | Ghana | 21.98 | 2019 |
71 | Greece | 21.73 | 2020 |
72 | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.02 | 2010 |
73 | Colombia | 20.41 | 2020 |
74 | Solomon Islands | 20.15 | 2018 |
75 | Benin | 19.93 | 2021 |
76 | Cameroon | 19.62 | 2018 |
77 | Lebanon | 19.62 | 2020 |
78 | Bolivia | 19.34 | 2021 |
79 | El Salvador | 18.85 | 2021 |
80 | Serbia | 18.61 | 2007 |
81 | Kyrgyz Republic | 18.20 | 2021 |
82 | Egypt | 18.07 | 2020 |
83 | Latvia | 17.91 | 2021 |
84 | Chile | 17.59 | 2021 |
85 | Pakistan | 17.41 | 2021 |
86 | Spain | 17.40 | 2021 |
87 | Denmark | 17.26 | 2021 |
88 | Mozambique | 17.06 | 2020 |
89 | Belarus | 16.61 | 2021 |
90 | Bulgaria | 16.59 | 2020 |
91 | Lithuania | 16.47 | 2021 |
92 | Chad | 16.15 | 1975 |
93 | The Bahamas | 16.10 | 2018 |
94 | Haiti | 15.46 | 1997 |
95 | Jordan | 14.84 | 2020 |
96 | Norway | 14.66 | 2020 |
97 | Netherlands | 14.59 | 2021 |
98 | Thailand | 14.42 | 2020 |
99 | Croatia | 14.34 | 2021 |
100 | France | 13.97 | 2020 |
101 | Canada | 13.80 | 2021 |
102 | Dominica | 13.74 | 2012 |
103 | Montenegro | 13.55 | 2021 |
104 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 13.48 | 2017 |
105 | Albania | 13.31 | 2020 |
106 | Poland | 13.25 | 2021 |
107 | Portugal | 12.80 | 2021 |
108 | Turkey | 12.00 | 2020 |
109 | South Africa | 11.85 | 2020 |
110 | India | 11.32 | 2021 |
111 | United States | 11.15 | 2021 |
112 | Romania | 11.14 | 2020 |
113 | Australia | 11.10 | 2021 |
114 | Tunisia | 10.65 | 2019 |
115 | Cuba | 10.53 | 2006 |
116 | Malta | 10.44 | 2020 |
117 | Malaysia | 10.09 | 2020 |
118 | Italy | 9.97 | 2021 |
119 | North Macedonia | 9.83 | 2020 |
120 | Luxembourg | 9.35 | 2021 |
121 | Uzbekistan | 9.09 | 2021 |
122 | Philippines | 8.91 | 2021 |
123 | Guyana | 8.82 | 2021 |
124 | Vietnam | 8.78 | 2020 |
125 | Austria | 8.70 | 2020 |
126 | Mali | 8.69 | 2019 |
127 | Liberia | 8.56 | 1984 |
128 | Mexico | 8.54 | 2021 |
129 | Belgium | 8.43 | 2021 |
130 | Russia | 8.32 | 2020 |
131 | Hungary | 8.26 | 2021 |
132 | Ireland | 8.13 | 2020 |
133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.10 | 2020 |
134 | Zambia | 7.51 | 2020 |
135 | Macao SAR, China | 7.36 | 2021 |
136 | Suriname | 7.03 | 2019 |
137 | Bhutan | 6.94 | 2012 |
138 | Kazakhstan | 6.93 | 2020 |
139 | Burkina Faso | 6.79 | 2020 |
140 | Estonia | 6.67 | 2021 |
141 | United Kingdom | 6.45 | 2021 |
142 | Iran | 6.34 | 2018 |
143 | Sweden | 6.29 | 2021 |
144 | Sudan | 6.26 | 2011 |
145 | Niger | 5.79 | 2020 |
146 | Germany | 5.47 | 2021 |
147 | Panama | 5.25 | 2017 |
148 | Slovenia | 4.56 | 2021 |
149 | Czech Republic | 4.47 | 2021 |
150 | Cambodia | 4.45 | 2020 |
151 | Bahrain | 4.34 | 2019 |
152 | Guinea | 4.33 | 2016 |
153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.00 | 2015 |
154 | Tajikistan | 3.99 | 2020 |
155 | Slovak Republic | 3.98 | 2021 |
156 | Israel | 3.73 | 2020 |
157 | Azerbaijan | 3.65 | 2021 |
158 | Lesotho | 3.56 | 2020 |
159 | Oman | 3.53 | 2018 |
160 | United Arab Emirates | 3.51 | 2020 |
161 | Singapore | 3.43 | 2020 |
162 | Tuvalu | 3.22 | 2004 |
163 | Nigeria | 2.98 | 2020 |
164 | Switzerland | 2.83 | 2021 |
165 | Bangladesh | 2.71 | 2015 |
166 | China | 2.69 | 2020 |
167 | Finland | 2.55 | 2021 |
168 | Botswana | 1.97 | 2020 |
169 | Saudi Arabia | 1.90 | 2020 |
170 | Korea | 1.63 | 2020 |
171 | Mongolia | 1.62 | 2020 |
172 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.37 | 2021 |
173 | New Caledonia | 1.36 | 2015 |
174 | Japan | 1.24 | 2021 |
175 | Algeria | 1.00 | 2017 |
176 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 0.84 | 2020 |
177 | Kuwait | 0.84 | 2020 |
178 | Gabon | 0.76 | 2009 |
179 | Andorra | 0.57 | 2018 |
180 | Djibouti | 0.43 | 2009 |
181 | Congo | 0.38 | 2020 |
182 | Angola | 0.32 | 2019 |
183 | Turkmenistan | 0.29 | 2000 |
184 | Central African Republic | 0.21 | 2018 |
185 | Brunei | 0.16 | 2020 |
186 | Libya | 0.15 | 2018 |
187 | Qatar | 0.06 | 2020 |
188 | Venezuela | 0.04 | 2013 |
189 | Iraq | 0.00 | 2016 |
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Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.
Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.