Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Low-income economies
Low-income economies: Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) was 32 % in 2022. ▲ Rising
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Low-income economies, 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 Low-income economies stood at 32 %.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Low-income economies peaked at 45 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 24 %, in 2004.
That places Low-income economies 4th out of 37 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Low-income economies, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26 % | — |
| 2001 | 27 % | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 27 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 26 % | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 24 % | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 24 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 24 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 27 % | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 28 % | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 29 % | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 30 % | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 34 % | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 38 % | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 41 % | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 43 % | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 45 % | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 42 % | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 37 % | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 37 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 38 % | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 37 % | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 36 % | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 32 % | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.2 % | 24 % | 29 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.5 % | 30 % | 45 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 35 % | 32 % | 37 % | 3 |
Countries ranked near Low-income economies
- 1 Cabo Verde 489 % compare
- 1 Tuvalu 20,840 % compare
- 1 Polynesia 312 % compare
- 2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 136 % compare
- 2 Tonga 715 % compare
- 2 Caribbean 40 % compare
- 3 Antigua and Barbuda 661 % compare
- 3 Micronesia 123 % compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 88 % compare
- 4 Yemen 508 % compare
- 5 Cook Islands 433 % compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 39 % compare
- 6 Niue 401 % compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 26 % compare
- 7 Kiribati 312 % compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 24 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,210 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,715 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 13 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 10.1 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 35.8 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 3.5 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 2,253 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 39.8 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,263 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 35.7 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Low-income economies?
- Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Low-income economies was 32 % 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 Low-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 45 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in Low-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 24 % in 2004.
- How does Low-income economies rank for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year)?
- Low-income economies ranks 4th out of 37 groups with data for 2022.
- Is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) rising or falling in Low-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low-income economies 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.