Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Central America
Central America: Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) was 7 % in 2022. ▼ Falling
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Central America, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Central America recorded 7 % for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Central America peaked at 13 % in 2001 and was at its lowest, 7 %, in 2012.
Central America ranks 24th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Central America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 % | — |
| 2001 | 13 % | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 13 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12 % | -7.7% |
| 2004 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 % | -25.0% |
| 2006 | 8 % | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7 % | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 7 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.3 % | 8 % | 13 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.2 % | 7 % | 8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 % | 7 % | 7 % | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Central America?
- Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Central America was 7 % 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 13 % in 2001.
- What is the lowest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 % in 2012.
- How does Central America rank for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year)?
- Central America ranks 24th out of 37 groups with data for 2022.
- Is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America 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.