West Bank and Gaza - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in West Bank and Gaza was 21.15 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.65 in 2016 and a minimum value of 12.59 in 2011.

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
2000 25.05
2001 14.02
2002 14.34
2003 15.20
2004 15.37
2005 15.12
2006 12.71
2007 15.68
2008 13.45
2009 13.00
2010 15.16
2011 12.59
2012 17.02
2013 15.37
2014 19.64
2015 26.98
2016 27.65
2017 25.15
2018 23.78
2019 22.21
2020 21.15

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.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports