Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) 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...
Countries reporting
196
Highest
7.1%
Somalia
Lowest
0.1%
Brunei
Median
1.0%
Years covered
64
1962–2025
Data points
10,114
What the numbers show
Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 7.1% in Somalia; the lowest is 0.1% in Brunei.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 1.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 134.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 1,257.9%), and the largest decrease in East Timor (down 86.7%).
Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 7.1% | 1982 | up 83.0% | rising |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 6.0% | 2018 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 5.6% | 2025 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 4 | Laos | 4.6% | 2023 | up 1,257.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 4.1% | 2023 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 6 | Malawi | 3.0% | 2025 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Cambodia | 3.0% | 2024 | up 306.7% | rising |
| 8 | Iran | 2.9% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 9 | Estonia | 2.8% | 2025 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 10 | China | 2.5% | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 11 | Vietnam | 2.5% | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 12 | Syria | 2.3% | 2010 | down 28.1% | flat |
| 13 | Faroe Islands | 2.3% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 14 | Samoa | 2.3% | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Kiribati | 2.3% | 2021 | up 181.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Madagascar | 2.3% | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Dominica | 2.2% | 2023 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 18 | Latvia | 2.1% | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 19 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.1% | 2024 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 2.1% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 21 | Tonga | 2.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Lesotho | 2.0% | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 23 | Egypt | 2.0% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 24 | Ghana | 2.0% | 2025 | up 174.5% | flat |
| 25 | Kenya | 2.0% | 2025 | up 42.3% | falling |
| 26 | Burundi | 2.0% | 2023 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.9% | 2023 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.9% | 2017 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 29 | Belize | 1.9% | 2025 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Bahamas | 1.9% | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Turkey | 1.9% | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 32 | Denmark | 1.9% | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 1.9% | 2024 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 34 | El Salvador | 1.9% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 35 | Indonesia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 36 | Grenada | 1.9% | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 37 | Eswatini | 1.9% | 2023 | up 56.5% | falling |
| 38 | Bhutan | 1.8% | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 1.8% | 2019 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 40 | Benin | 1.8% | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Guatemala | 1.7% | 2025 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 1.7% | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 43 | Palau | 1.7% | 2018 | up 75.3% | rising |
| 44 | Haiti | 1.7% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 45 | Lithuania | 1.7% | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 46 | Liberia | 1.7% | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 1.6% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 48 | India | 1.6% | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Cape Verde | 1.6% | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 50 | Japan | 1.6% | 2025 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Austria | 1.6% | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 52 | Serbia | 1.6% | 2007 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 53 | Algeria | 1.6% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 54 | Finland | 1.5% | 2025 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 55 | Italy | 1.5% | 2025 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Togo | 1.5% | 2025 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 57 | Moldova | 1.4% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 58 | Tunisia | 1.4% | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 59 | Portugal | 1.4% | 2025 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Netherlands | 1.4% | 2025 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 1.3% | 2024 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 1.3% | 2020 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 63 | Nepal | 1.3% | 2022 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Belarus | 1.3% | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 65 | Malaysia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 66 | Maldives | 1.3% | 2025 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 67 | Slovenia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 68 | Romania | 1.3% | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 69 | Mauritius | 1.3% | 2025 | down 46.1% | flat |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 1.3% | 2011 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Micronesia (country) | 1.2% | 2013 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 72 | Senegal | 1.2% | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 73 | Morocco | 1.2% | 2025 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Sweden | 1.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 75 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.2% | 2018 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Uganda | 1.2% | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 77 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.2% | 2012 | up 62.4% | falling |
| 78 | Tanzania | 1.2% | 2025 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Peru | 1.2% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 80 | Thailand | 1.2% | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 81 | Poland | 1.2% | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 82 | Djibouti | 1.1% | 2023 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Armenia | 1.1% | 2025 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 84 | Tuvalu | 1.1% | 2008 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Jordan | 1.1% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 1.1% | 2025 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 87 | United Kingdom | 1.1% | 2025 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Germany | 1.0% | 2025 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Congo | 1.0% | 2023 | up 269.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 91 | Belgium | 1.0% | 2025 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Norway | 1.0% | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 93 | Cameroon | 1.0% | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Mozambique | 1.0% | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 95 | South Africa | 1.0% | 2025 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 1.0% | 2025 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 97 | Niger | 1.0% | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Russia | 1.0% | 2021 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 99 | France | 1.0% | 2025 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Bolivia | 1.0% | 2025 | up 81.7% | falling |
| 101 | Honduras | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 102 | Spain | 1.0% | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Jamaica | 1.0% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 104 | Iceland | 1.0% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 105 | Lebanon | 0.9% | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Barbados | 0.9% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9% | 2025 | down 37.2% | flat |
| 108 | Czechia | 0.9% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 0.9% | 2015 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 110 | Slovakia | 0.9% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 111 | Croatia | 0.9% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 112 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.9% | 2024 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 113 | Rwanda | 0.9% | 2022 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Hungary | 0.9% | 2025 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.9% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 116 | Ukraine | 0.9% | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 117 | Venezuela | 0.8% | 2013 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 0.8% | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 119 | South Korea | 0.8% | 2025 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 120 | East Timor | 0.8% | 2023 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Georgia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 122 | Greece | 0.8% | 2025 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Colombia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Comoros | 0.8% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 126 | Brazil | 0.8% | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 127 | Seychelles | 0.8% | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 128 | New Zealand | 0.8% | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Paraguay | 0.8% | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Botswana | 0.8% | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 132 | Albania | 0.8% | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Uruguay | 0.8% | 2024 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Mexico | 0.7% | 2025 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 135 | United States | 0.7% | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Israel | 0.7% | 2025 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Nigeria | 0.7% | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Chile | 0.7% | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Canada | 0.7% | 2025 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Ecuador | 0.7% | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 141 | Zambia | 0.7% | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 0.7% | 2018 | up 103.1% | rising |
| 143 | Bulgaria | 0.7% | 2025 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 144 | Argentina | 0.7% | 2025 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Yemen | 0.7% | 2024 | down 51.9% | rising |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.7% | 2025 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 0.6% | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Bahrain | 0.6% | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 149 | Bermuda | 0.6% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 0.6% | 2025 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 151 | Chad | 0.6% | 1995 | — | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.6% | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 154 | Philippines | 0.6% | 2025 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Angola | 0.5% | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 157 | Montenegro | 0.5% | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 158 | Australia | 0.5% | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5% | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 160 | Ireland | 0.5% | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Myanmar | 0.5% | 2025 | up 202.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Namibia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 163 | Greenland | 0.5% | 2018 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 164 | Palestine | 0.5% | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 165 | Sudan | 0.5% | 2018 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Cyprus | 0.5% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 167 | Mali | 0.4% | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 169 | Libya | 0.4% | 2019 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2025 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 171 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4% | 2023 | up 72.2% | falling |
| 172 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 71.6% | falling |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 0.4% | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Andorra | 0.4% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 175 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4% | 1978 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 176 | Oman | 0.4% | 2025 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Guinea | 0.4% | 2016 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Qatar | 0.4% | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 179 | Switzerland | 0.4% | 2025 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Panama | 0.4% | 2025 | up 99.2% | falling |
| 181 | Cayman Islands | 0.4% | 2024 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Cuba | 0.4% | 2022 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Gambia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Aruba | 0.3% | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Iraq | 0.3% | 2024 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Zimbabwe | 0.3% | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Gabon | 0.3% | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Mauritania | 0.3% | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Malta | 0.3% | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Singapore | 0.2% | 2025 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2% | 1983 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Suriname | 0.1% | 2025 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Macao | 0.1% | 2025 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2025 | down 85.4% | falling |
| 195 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2025 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Brunei | 0.1% | 2025 | down 69.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA blend 2.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 2.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.2%
- Late-demographic dividend 1.9%
- Upper middle income 1.8%
- Middle income 1.8%
- Low & middle income 1.8%
- Lower middle income 1.7%
- IDA & IBRD total 1.7%
- IBRD only 1.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 1.7%
- IDA total 1.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.6%
- South Asia 1.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 1.5%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.4%
- Other small states 1.3%
- IDA only 1.3%
- Early-demographic dividend 1.3%
- Low income 1.2%
- Least developed countries 1.2%
- World 1.2%
- European Union 1.2%
- Euro area 1.2%
- Europe & Central Asia 1.1%
- Small states 1.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 1.1%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 1.1%
- Pacific island small states 1.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1.0%
- OECD members 1.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 0.9%
- High income 0.9%
- Africa Western and Central 0.9%
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 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.