Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) by country
Agricultural raw materials comprise section 2 of SITC Rev. 3 (crude materials, inedible, except fuels) excluding divisions 22 (oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits), 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap). This indicator is expressed as a...
What the numbers show
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 73.3% in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Cape Verde.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 3.6%.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 127 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 356,298.0%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 73.3% | 2018 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 2 | Chad | 66.9% | 1975 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 3 | Liberia | 63.7% | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Benin | 52.9% | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.5% | 2018 | up 14,590.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.0% | 1983 | — | rising |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 21.0% | 2019 | up 178.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 16.2% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 9 | Cameroon | 14.9% | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 14.1% | 2024 | up 37.9% | falling |
| 11 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.6% | 2025 | up 101.5% | falling |
| 12 | Kenya | 13.0% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 13 | Laos | 10.3% | 2023 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Latvia | 9.9% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 9.7% | 2023 | up 430.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 9.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 17 | New Zealand | 9.2% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 18 | Mali | 8.4% | 2023 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Sudan | 7.8% | 2018 | up 572.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Finland | 7.3% | 2025 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Estonia | 6.4% | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 22 | Fiji | 6.2% | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Montenegro | 6.2% | 2025 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 24 | Eswatini | 6.2% | 2023 | up 98.4% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 6.0% | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Central African Republic | 5.9% | 2024 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Brazil | 5.2% | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Lesotho | 5.1% | 2024 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 5.1% | 2025 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 30 | Chile | 4.6% | 2025 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.2% | 2025 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 32 | Myanmar | 3.9% | 2025 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Gabon | 3.9% | 2023 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Sweden | 3.8% | 2025 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Thailand | 3.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | 3.7% | 2025 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Ecuador | 3.6% | 2025 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 3.6% | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 39 | Belarus | 3.6% | 2021 | up 135.6% | falling |
| 40 | Panama | 3.4% | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 3.0% | 2025 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Netherlands | 2.8% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 43 | Vanuatu | 2.8% | 2011 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Togo | 2.8% | 2025 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Canada | 2.7% | 2025 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 46 | Mongolia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Guatemala | 2.7% | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 2.7% | 2020 | up 1,151.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 2.6% | 2023 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 50 | Cambodia | 2.6% | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Tanzania | 2.6% | 2025 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Lithuania | 2.4% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 53 | Congo | 2.4% | 2023 | up 158.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Faroe Islands | 2.4% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Russia | 2.3% | 2021 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 56 | Serbia | 2.0% | 2007 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 57 | South Africa | 2.0% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 58 | Bhutan | 2.0% | 2025 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Suriname | 2.0% | 2025 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Vietnam | 1.9% | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 61 | Portugal | 1.9% | 2025 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Namibia | 1.9% | 2024 | up 147.6% | rising |
| 63 | Guinea | 1.8% | 2016 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Ukraine | 1.8% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 1.7% | 2025 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Syria | 1.7% | 2010 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Pakistan | 1.6% | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Nepal | 1.6% | 2022 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Austria | 1.6% | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Madagascar | 1.6% | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 72 | United States | 1.5% | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 73 | Cuba | 1.5% | 2022 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Uganda | 1.4% | 2024 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Denmark | 1.4% | 2025 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 1.2% | 2024 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Belgium | 1.2% | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Greece | 1.1% | 2025 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Macao | 1.1% | 2025 | up 115.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 1.1% | 2024 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Malaysia | 1.1% | 2025 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Gambia | 1.1% | 2024 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | 2012 | up 1,408.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Egypt | 1.0% | 2025 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Malawi | 1.0% | 2025 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 86 | France | 1.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Philippines | 1.0% | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovenia | 1.0% | 2025 | down 56.0% | flat |
| 89 | Spain | 0.9% | 2025 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 0.9% | 2024 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 91 | India | 0.9% | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Poland | 0.9% | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 93 | Czechia | 0.9% | 2025 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 94 | Belize | 0.8% | 2025 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Senegal | 0.8% | 2024 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Romania | 0.8% | 2025 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8% | 2025 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Norway | 0.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Rwanda | 0.8% | 2022 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 0.8% | 2018 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Palestine | 0.8% | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 0.8% | 2025 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 103 | South Korea | 0.7% | 2025 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Andorra | 0.7% | 2025 | down 53.2% | rising |
| 105 | Honduras | 0.7% | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 0.7% | 2025 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Bolivia | 0.7% | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Slovakia | 0.7% | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 0.7% | 2025 | up 555.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Somalia | 0.7% | 1982 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Germany | 0.7% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 112 | Georgia | 0.7% | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Ghana | 0.7% | 2025 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Bulgaria | 0.7% | 2025 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 115 | El Salvador | 0.7% | 2025 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Turkey | 0.6% | 2025 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Peru | 0.6% | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Yemen | 0.6% | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Italy | 0.6% | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Bahamas | 0.6% | 2024 | up 109.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Argentina | 0.5% | 2025 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Burundi | 0.5% | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Morocco | 0.5% | 2025 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Japan | 0.5% | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Hungary | 0.5% | 2025 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 0.5% | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Iceland | 0.5% | 2025 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Israel | 0.5% | 2025 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Haiti | 0.5% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Albania | 0.5% | 2024 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 0.5% | 2025 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Lebanon | 0.5% | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 0.5% | 2025 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 135 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2025 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Zambia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Moldova | 0.4% | 2025 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Samoa | 0.4% | 2024 | up 149.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Mauritius | 0.4% | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 140 | New Caledonia | 0.4% | 2015 | up 275.6% | volatile |
| 141 | China | 0.3% | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Singapore | 0.3% | 2025 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2025 | down 74.0% | falling |
| 144 | Mozambique | 0.3% | 2025 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Jordan | 0.3% | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Micronesia (country) | 0.3% | 2013 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Tunisia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Iran | 0.3% | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Grenada | 0.3% | 2024 | up 358.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3% | 2025 | up 514.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Niger | 0.3% | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Ireland | 0.2% | 2025 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Mauritania | 0.2% | 2024 | up 1,318.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2% | 2023 | up 229.2% | volatile |
| 156 | East Timor | 0.2% | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | 0.2% | 2025 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Cayman Islands | 0.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2% | 2024 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Djibouti | 0.2% | 2023 | up 1,871.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Malta | 0.2% | 2025 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Palau | 0.2% | 2018 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1% | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2024 | up 307.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2025 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2025 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1% | 2017 | up 315.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Aruba | 0.1% | 2023 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Jamaica | 0.1% | 2025 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2025 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Dominica | 0.1% | 2023 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2025 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Tonga | 0.1% | 2025 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2024 | up 143,597.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2024 | up 170.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Oman | 0.0% | 2025 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Angola | 0.0% | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2025 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Libya | 0.0% | 2019 | up 782.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2025 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2025 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3,119.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2013 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2025 | up 356,298.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2018 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2024 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2025 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 190 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 1978 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2025 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pacific island small states 26.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.0%
- Africa Western and Central 3.6%
- IDA only 3.5%
- IDA blend 3.2%
- Least developed countries 3.0%
- IDA total 2.8%
- Other small states 2.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.1%
- Small states 2.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.0%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 1.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.9%
- North America 1.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.6%
- Lower middle income 1.4%
- European Union 1.3%
- Euro area 1.3%
- OECD members 1.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 1.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1.2%
- High income 1.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 1.1%
- World 1.1%
- IDA & IBRD total 1.1%
- Middle income 1.1%
- Low & middle income 1.1%
- IBRD only 1.1%
- Upper middle income 1.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 1.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 1.0%
- South Asia 1.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 0.8%
About this data
Agricultural raw materials comprise section 2 of SITC Rev. 3 (crude materials, inedible, except fuels) excluding divisions 22 (oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits), 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap). 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.