Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Food exports (% of merchandise exports) was 10.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Food exports in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1963–2024
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise exports.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) recorded 10.1% for food exports in 2024.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food exports in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 25.3% in 1972 and was at its lowest, 5.7%, in 2004.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 29th of 46 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.
Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), year by year
| Year | % of merchandise exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 14.0% | — |
| 1966 | 20.0% | +42.7% |
| 1968 | 17.6% | -11.9% |
| 1969 | 18.7% | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 17.9% | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 16.3% | -8.8% |
| 1972 | 25.3% | +55.1% |
| 1973 | 24.8% | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 17.3% | -30.4% |
| 1975 | 16.5% | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 16.7% | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 11.6% | -30.2% |
| 1997 | 9.1% | -21.4% |
| 1998 | 9.4% | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 8.2% | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 5.7% | -30.6% |
| 2001 | 6.1% | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 7.5% | +25.6% |
| 2004 | 5.7% | -24.4% |
| 2005 | 8.1% | +41.5% |
| 2006 | 5.9% | -27.1% |
| 2007 | 6.3% | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | +11.4% |
| 2009 | 8.2% | +17.8% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | -11.9% |
| 2011 | 6.9% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 7.6% | +11.4% |
| 2013 | 7.8% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | +24.8% |
| 2016 | 8.6% | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | +19.4% |
| 2021 | 9.4% | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 8.5% | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 9.9% | +16.9% |
| 2024 | 10.1% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.6% | 14.0% | 20.0% | 4 |
| 1970s | 18.3% | 11.6% | 25.3% | 8 |
| 1990s | 8.9% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 6.6% | 5.7% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.4% | 6.9% | 10.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 9.5% | 8.5% | 10.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
More private sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- Merchandise trade 49.0% (2025)
- Food imports 18.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 572.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 144.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Manufactures exports 35.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 464.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 148.79 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 620.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2197 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is food exports in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- Food exports in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 10.1% in 2024, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest food exports recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The highest recorded value was 25.3% in 1972.
- What is the lowest food exports recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7% in 2004.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for food exports?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 29th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is food exports rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Food exports (% of merchandise exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Food comprises the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.