Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, São Tomé and Principe has the highest food exports (% of merchandise exports) (98.21% in 2023) and Libya the lowest (0.1% in 2019). The world figure is 9.01% (2025).
What this measures
Food comprises the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise exports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e.
Limitations: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Tomé and Principe | 98.21% | 2023 |
| 2 | Kiribati | 97.22% | 2021 |
| 3 | Maldives | 97.03% | 2025 |
| 4 | Belize | 95.34% | 2025 |
| 5 | Malawi | 93.34% | 2025 |
| 6 | Greenland | 92.34% | 2018 |
| 7 | Faroe Islands | 91.85% | 2025 |
| 8 | Gambia, The | 90.66% | 2024 |
| 9 | Comoros | 88.54% | 2023 |
| 10 | Cabo Verde | 86.39% | 2024 |
| 11 | Seychelles | 85.88% | 2024 |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 84.7% | 2024 |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 80.39% | 2023 |
| 14 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.51% | 2023 |
| 15 | Grenada | 69.12% | 2024 |
| 16 | Paraguay | 69.1% | 2025 |
| 17 | New Zealand | 68.84% | 2025 |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 68.55% | 2018 |
| 19 | Aruba | 67.32% | 2023 |
| 20 | Uruguay | 65.32% | 2024 |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 63.85% | 2019 |
| 22 | Yemen, Rep. | 63.38% | 2024 |
| 23 | Ecuador | 58.74% | 2025 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 58.69% | 2024 |
| 25 | Moldova | 58.52% | 2025 |
| 26 | Fiji | 55.36% | 2025 |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 54.99% | 2025 |
| 28 | Honduras | 53.5% | 2024 |
| 29 | Mauritius | 52.32% | 2025 |
| 30 | Bahamas, The | 52.2% | 2024 |
| 31 | Kenya | 50.85% | 2025 |
| 32 | Sudan | 50.55% | 2018 |
| 33 | Argentina | 50.15% | 2025 |
| 34 | Panama | 49.56% | 2025 |
| 35 | Nepal | 49.39% | 2022 |
| 36 | Iceland | 46.92% | 2025 |
| 37 | Guatemala | 46.79% | 2025 |
| 38 | Burundi | 46.02% | 2023 |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 45.64% | 2018 |
| 40 | Georgia | 45.41% | 2025 |
| 41 | Barbados | 43.74% | 2025 |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 42.59% | 2024 |
| 43 | St. Lucia | 41.63% | 2020 |
| 44 | Dominica | 41.22% | 2023 |
| 45 | Brazil | 40.73% | 2025 |
| 46 | Benin | 39.66% | 2024 |
| 47 | Uganda | 39.3% | 2024 |
| 48 | Macao SAR, China | 37.18% | 2025 |
| 49 | Togo | 34.39% | 2025 |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 32.33% | 2024 |
| 51 | Tanzania | 31.03% | 2025 |
| 52 | Cuba | 30.73% | 2022 |
| 53 | Madagascar | 30.47% | 2024 |
| 54 | Eswatini | 29.7% | 2023 |
| 55 | Jamaica | 29.52% | 2025 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 29.04% | 2025 |
| 57 | Myanmar | 28.62% | 2025 |
| 58 | Namibia | 27.95% | 2024 |
| 59 | Rwanda | 27.24% | 2022 |
| 60 | Mauritania | 25.52% | 2024 |
| 61 | Colombia | 25.37% | 2025 |
| 62 | Samoa | 24.75% | 2024 |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 24.71% | 2025 |
| 64 | Liberia | 24.46% | 2023 |
| 65 | Greece | 24.06% | 2025 |
| 66 | El Salvador | 23.74% | 2025 |
| 67 | Haiti | 23.33% | 2017 |
| 68 | Lesotho | 23.3% | 2024 |
| 69 | Lao PDR | 23.23% | 2023 |
| 70 | Indonesia | 22.92% | 2025 |
| 71 | Cameroon | 22.85% | 2023 |
| 72 | Latvia | 22.13% | 2025 |
| 73 | Chile | 21.88% | 2025 |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 21.6% | 2024 |
| 75 | Senegal | 21.59% | 2024 |
| 76 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 21.58% | 2025 |
| 77 | West Bank and Gaza | 21.4% | 2023 |
| 78 | Peru | 21.24% | 2024 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 20.48% | 2025 |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 20.15% | 2018 |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea | 19.72% | 2023 |
| 82 | Ghana | 19.69% | 2025 |
| 83 | Lithuania | 19.66% | 2025 |
| 84 | Spain | 19.49% | 2025 |
| 85 | Lebanon | 19.09% | 2024 |
| 86 | Montenegro | 18.56% | 2025 |
| 87 | Armenia | 18.37% | 2025 |
| 88 | Pakistan | 18.15% | 2025 |
| 89 | Jordan | 17.64% | 2024 |
| 90 | Netherlands | 17.44% | 2025 |
| 91 | Denmark | 17.1% | 2025 |
| 92 | Belarus | 16.63% | 2021 |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 16.21% | 2025 |
| 94 | Cyprus | 15.94% | 2025 |
| 95 | Poland | 15.63% | 2025 |
| 96 | Cambodia | 15.38% | 2024 |
| 97 | Croatia | 15.35% | 2025 |
| 98 | Tonga | 14.97% | 2025 |
| 99 | Tunisia | 14.71% | 2024 |
| 100 | Portugal | 14.42% | 2025 |
| 101 | Belgium | 13.81% | 2025 |
| 102 | Australia | 13.74% | 2025 |
| 103 | Canada | 13.64% | 2025 |
| 104 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 13.48% | 2017 |
| 105 | France | 13.37% | 2025 |
| 106 | Albania | 13.35% | 2024 |
| 107 | Thailand | 13.26% | 2025 |
| 108 | Romania | 12.97% | 2025 |
| 109 | South Africa | 12.76% | 2025 |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 12.66% | 2025 |
| 111 | Estonia | 12.46% | 2025 |
| 112 | Mozambique | 12.42% | 2025 |
| 113 | Morocco | 12.07% | 2025 |
| 114 | India | 11.86% | 2025 |
| 115 | North Macedonia | 11.84% | 2025 |
| 116 | Türkiye | 11.77% | 2025 |
| 117 | Kyrgyz Republic | 11.68% | 2025 |
| 118 | Italy | 11.26% | 2025 |
| 119 | Philippines | 10.84% | 2025 |
| 120 | Norway | 10.79% | 2025 |
| 121 | Timor-Leste | 10.48% | 2023 |
| 122 | Malaysia | 10.36% | 2025 |
| 123 | Malta | 9.9% | 2025 |
| 124 | Viet Nam | 9.36% | 2023 |
| 125 | United States | 8.98% | 2025 |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 8.92% | 2025 |
| 127 | Austria | 8.92% | 2025 |
| 128 | Hungary | 8.88% | 2025 |
| 129 | Zambia | 8.75% | 2024 |
| 130 | Bahrain | 8.65% | 2024 |
| 131 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.91% | 2025 |
| 132 | Mexico | 7.54% | 2025 |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.43% | 2025 |
| 134 | Ireland | 7.42% | 2025 |
| 135 | French Polynesia | 7.42% | 2025 |
| 136 | Sweden | 7.16% | 2025 |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 7.09% | 2024 |
| 138 | United Kingdom | 6.71% | 2025 |
| 139 | Germany | 6.59% | 2025 |
| 140 | Russian Federation | 6.58% | 2021 |
| 141 | Nigeria | 6.44% | 2025 |
| 142 | Mali | 6.17% | 2023 |
| 143 | Bhutan | 5.9% | 2025 |
| 144 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 5.65% | 2023 |
| 145 | Czechia | 5.5% | 2025 |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 5.23% | 2023 |
| 147 | Azerbaijan | 5.22% | 2025 |
| 148 | Slovak Republic | 4.67% | 2025 |
| 149 | Guinea | 4.33% | 2016 |
| 150 | Oman | 4.32% | 2025 |
| 151 | Niger | 4.07% | 2024 |
| 152 | Slovenia | 3.67% | 2025 |
| 153 | Bangladesh | 3.39% | 2018 |
| 154 | Mongolia | 3.34% | 2023 |
| 155 | Finland | 3.13% | 2025 |
| 156 | United Arab Emirates | 2.89% | 2023 |
| 157 | Suriname | 2.35% | 2025 |
| 158 | China | 2.34% | 2025 |
| 159 | Singapore | 2.26% | 2025 |
| 160 | Saudi Arabia | 2.25% | 2025 |
| 161 | Switzerland | 2.19% | 2025 |
| 162 | Israel | 2.18% | 2025 |
| 163 | Botswana | 1.85% | 2023 |
| 164 | Guyana | 1.69% | 2025 |
| 165 | Korea, Rep. | 1.65% | 2025 |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 1.36% | 2015 |
| 167 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 1.34% | 2024 |
| 168 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.34% | 2025 |
| 169 | Andorra | 1.29% | 2025 |
| 170 | Japan | 1.28% | 2025 |
| 171 | Bermuda | 1.08% | 2025 |
| 172 | Gabon | 0.94% | 2023 |
| 173 | Kuwait | 0.59% | 2025 |
| 174 | Algeria | 0.54% | 2024 |
| 175 | Angola | 0.54% | 2025 |
| 176 | Iraq | 0.53% | 2024 |
| 177 | Central African Republic | 0.22% | 2024 |
| 178 | Congo, Rep. | 0.17% | 2023 |
| 179 | Qatar | 0.11% | 2024 |
| 180 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.11% | 2025 |
| 181 | Libya | 0.1% | 2019 |
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