Based on a comparison of 144 countries in 2014, Benin ranked the highest in food as a share of merchandise imports with 36.9% followed by Gambia and Yemen. On the other end of the scale was Argentina with 2.46%, Singapore with 3.34% and India with 3.97%.
Average food as a share of merchandise imports reached 7.67% in 2014 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.097 % less than in the previous year and 8.52 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average food as a share of merchandise imports reached an all time high of 20.9% in 1962 and an all time low of 6.34% in 2006. The average annual growth amounted to -1.91 % since 1962.
Data for more countries are available at Food Imports (As % of Merchandise Imports) indicator page.
| Food Imports (As % of Merchandise Imports) | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Benin | % | 36.1% | 31.1% | 31.9% | 33.9% | 37.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 11.2% | 12.5% | 13.7% | 24.7% | 30.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | ... | 23.8% | 26.8% | 17.7% | 25.1% | 19.4% | |||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 25.9% | 39.3% | 28.1% | 31.2% | 29.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Comoros | % | ... | 41.1% | 38.2% | 37.5% | 40.6% | 46.2% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | 17.2% | 17.2% | 19.1% | 23.7% | 22.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Fiji | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.2% | 20.6% | 18.4% | 20.9% | 21.1% | |||||||||||
| Gambia | % | ... | 29.8% | 34.3% | 36.1% | 32.8% | 33.2% | |||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | 13.2% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | ... | 15.9% | 22.2% | 22.4% | 21.0% | 21.2% | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritius | % | 20.9% | 21.6% | 21.1% | 21.3% | 21.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | ... | 24.9% | 15.5% | 15.1% | 15.8% | 31.7% | |||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.78% | 11.8% | 10.2% | 30.6% | 22.7% | ||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | ... | 25.9% | 24.2% | 22.4% | 23.0% | 24.1% | |||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | ... | 24.8% | 27.8% | 30.8% | 31.5% | 32.5% |
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