Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Lower-middle-income economies
Lower-middle-income economies: Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) was 12 % in 2022. ▲ Rising
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Lower-middle-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 Lower-middle-income economies stood at 12 %.
That represents a change of up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Lower-middle-income economies peaked at 13 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10 %, in 2003.
Lower-middle-income economies ranks 12th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Lower-middle-income economies, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 % | — |
| 2001 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 11 % | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 10 % | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 10 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11 % | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 11 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 % | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13 % | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 12 % | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.8 % | 10 % | 12 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.8 % | 11 % | 13 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 % | 12 % | 12 % | 3 |
Countries ranked near Lower-middle-income economies
- 9 Samoa 301 % compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 15 % compare
- 10 French Polynesia 275 % compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12 % compare
- 10 Melanesia 12 % compare
- 11 Somalia 266 % compare
- 12 Dominica 264 % compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 11 % compare
- 13 Comoros 243 % compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 11 % compare
- 13 Türkiye 7 % compare
- 14 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 231 % compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6 % compare
- 15 Sao Tome and Principe 217 % compare
- 15 Viet Nam 6 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lower-middle-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,312 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,789 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 7 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 12 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 28.9 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 4 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 8,996 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 242.5 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,714 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 43.8 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Lower-middle-income economies?
- Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in Lower-middle-income economies was 12 % 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 Lower-middle-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 13 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in Lower-middle-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 % in 2003.
- How does Lower-middle-income economies rank for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year)?
- Lower-middle-income economies ranks 12th out of 37 groups with data for 2022.
- Is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) rising or falling in Lower-middle-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower-middle-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.