Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Africa
Africa: Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) was 16 % in 2022. ▲ Rising
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Africa, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Africa stood at 16 %.
That represents a change of up 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Africa peaked at 18 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9 %, in 2005.
That places Africa 7th out of 37 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13 % | — |
| 2001 | 13 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 12 % | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 10 % | -16.7% |
| 2004 | 10 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 % | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 10 % | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 11 % | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 11 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12 % | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 % | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 13 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 % | +15.4% |
| 2014 | 17 % | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 18 % | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 17 % | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 16 % | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 17 % | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 17 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 17 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 16 % | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 16 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.1 % | 9 % | 13 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.5 % | 12 % | 18 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.33 % | 16 % | 17 % | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Africa?
- Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Africa was 16 % in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 18 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 % in 2005.
- How does Africa rank for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year)?
- Africa ranks 7th out of 37 groups with data for 2022.
- Is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.