Mali - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Mali was 13.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56.08 in 1974 and a minimum value of 11.63 in 2010.

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:

Year Value
1962 19.53
1963 21.27
1964 17.40
1965 20.73
1966 21.48
1967 18.39
1968 22.24
1969 15.69
1970 28.79
1971 29.15
1972 22.63
1974 56.08
1975 27.22
1976 19.12
1977 12.94
1978 22.69
1979 16.14
1980 19.11
1982 20.80
1987 20.96
1996 19.94
1997 19.02
1998 23.15
1999 19.49
2000 14.03
2001 14.32
2002 17.74
2003 17.97
2004 13.69
2005 16.49
2006 17.25
2007 14.81
2008 12.45
2010 11.63
2011 13.73
2012 13.68
2016 16.12
2017 16.87
2018 14.63
2019 13.90

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 import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports