Based on a comparison of 145 countries in 2014, Maldives ranked the highest in food as a share of merchandise exports with 97.8% followed by Ethiopia and Comoros. On the other end of the scale was Iraq with 0.009%, Qatar with 0.012% and Brunei with 0.046%.
Average food as a share of merchandise exports reached 8.52% in 2014 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.06 % more than in the previous year and 16.9 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average food as a share of merchandise exports reached an all time high of 22.1% in 1962 and an all time low of 6.57% in 2006. The average annual growth amounted to -1.81 % since 1962.
Data for more countries are available at Food Exports (As % of Merchandise Exports) indicator page.
| Food Exports (As % of Merchandise Exports) | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Belize | % | 57.3% | 69.9% | 60.9% | 53.5% | 68.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 64.8% | 67.5% | 81.4% | 73.9% | 68.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Comoros | % | ... | 69.7% | 72.7% | 67.6% | 78.7% | 83.0% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | % | ... | ... | 75.3% | 77.5% | 78.5% | 78.4% | 80.3% | ||||||||||||||
| Fiji | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 69.6% | 70.2% | 63.3% | 64.1% | 66.0% | |||||||||||
| Gambia | % | ... | 72.6% | 80.7% | 89.0% | 82.9% | 55.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Guyana | % | ... | ... | ... | 60.8% | 67.7% | 64.8% | 60.3% | 64.9% | |||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | ... | 54.2% | 57.3% | 69.0% | 56.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 85.8% | 86.7% | 76.4% | 75.7% | 75.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | ... | 98.4% | 97.7% | 96.2% | 96.8% | 98.2% | |||||||||||||||
| Moldova | % | 59.0% | 74.2% | 72.0% | 70.1% | 58.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | 52.7% | 55.7% | 55.7% | 56.0% | 56.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | % | 49.9% | 87.2% | 88.2% | 89.6% | 53.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | % | 86.8% | 84.8% | 59.4% | 60.3% | 56.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | % | 59.5% | 64.2% | 61.9% | 62.3% | 66.1% |
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