Food imports in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Food imports was 8.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Food imports in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1996–2024
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise imports.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) recorded 8.4% for food imports in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food imports in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 10.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 2006.
That places Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 42nd out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Food imports in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of merchandise imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9.9% | — |
| 1997 | 8.9% | -10.1% |
| 1998 | 7.6% | -14.1% |
| 1999 | 8.2% | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 6.5% | -21.2% |
| 2001 | 6.7% | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 6.6% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 6.8% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 6.1% | -10.5% |
| 2005 | 5.8% | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 5.5% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 5.7% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 6.5% | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 6.9% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 7.7% | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 9.0% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 10.0% | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 9.4% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 8.4% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.7% | 7.6% | 9.9% | 4 |
| 2000s | 6.4% | 5.5% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 6.9% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 8.4% | 10.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
More private sector data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 49.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 796.25 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 52.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 584.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,309 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 3,144 current US$ per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is food imports in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Food imports in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 8.4% in 2024, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest food imports recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 10.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest food imports recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 2006.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for food imports?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 42nd out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is food imports rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Food imports (% of merchandise imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a 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.