Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) by country
Agricultural raw materials comprise section 2 of SITC Rev. 3 (crude materials, inedible, except fuels) excluding divisions 22 (oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits), 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap). This indicator is expressed as a...
What the numbers show
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 73.3% in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Cape Verde.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 3.7%.
Over the past decade 66 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 437,622.0%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Agricultural raw materials exports: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 73.3% | 2018 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 2 | Chad | 66.9% | 1975 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 3 | Liberia | 63.7% | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Benin | 52.9% | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.5% | 2018 | up 14,590.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.0% | 1983 | — | rising |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 21.0% | 2019 | up 178.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 16.2% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 9 | Cameroon | 14.9% | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 14.1% | 2024 | up 37.9% | falling |
| 11 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.6% | 2024 | up 58.5% | falling |
| 12 | Kenya | 12.9% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 13 | Laos | 10.3% | 2023 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Latvia | 9.8% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 9.7% | 2023 | up 430.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Sierra Leone | 9.4% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 17 | New Zealand | 9.3% | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 18 | Mali | 8.4% | 2023 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Sudan | 7.8% | 2018 | up 572.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Finland | 7.1% | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Estonia | 6.6% | 2024 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 22 | Montenegro | 6.4% | 2024 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 23 | Eswatini | 6.2% | 2023 | up 98.4% | falling |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 6.0% | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Suriname | 6.0% | 2024 | up 302.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Central African Republic | 5.9% | 2024 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Fiji | 5.3% | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Brazil | 5.2% | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Lesotho | 5.1% | 2024 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 30 | Colombia | 5.1% | 2024 | up 82.4% | falling |
| 31 | Togo | 5.1% | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Chile | 4.7% | 2025 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 33 | Panama | 4.7% | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.2% | 2025 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 35 | Thailand | 4.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Ecuador | 3.9% | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 37 | Gabon | 3.9% | 2023 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Indonesia | 3.7% | 2025 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Sweden | 3.6% | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Belarus | 3.6% | 2021 | up 135.6% | falling |
| 41 | Croatia | 3.5% | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 42 | Myanmar | 3.3% | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Canada | 2.9% | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 44 | Guatemala | 2.9% | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 2.8% | 2011 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Netherlands | 2.8% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 2.7% | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Mongolia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 2.7% | 2020 | up 1,151.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 2.6% | 2023 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 51 | Cambodia | 2.6% | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Tanzania | 2.5% | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Lithuania | 2.4% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 54 | Congo | 2.4% | 2023 | up 158.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Russia | 2.3% | 2021 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 56 | Serbia | 2.0% | 2007 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 57 | South Africa | 2.0% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 58 | Bhutan | 2.0% | 2025 | up 123.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Portugal | 1.9% | 2025 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Vietnam | 1.9% | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 61 | Namibia | 1.9% | 2024 | up 147.6% | rising |
| 62 | Guinea | 1.8% | 2016 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Ukraine | 1.8% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 64 | Australia | 1.7% | 2025 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Syria | 1.7% | 2010 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Faroe Islands | 1.7% | 2009 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 67 | United States | 1.6% | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 68 | Nepal | 1.6% | 2022 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Pakistan | 1.6% | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Madagascar | 1.6% | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Cuba | 1.5% | 2022 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Austria | 1.4% | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Uganda | 1.4% | 2024 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Denmark | 1.4% | 2025 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 76 | Greece | 1.3% | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Belgium | 1.2% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 1.2% | 2024 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Ghana | 1.1% | 2023 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 1.1% | 2024 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Malaysia | 1.1% | 2025 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Egypt | 1.1% | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Philippines | 1.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Gambia | 1.1% | 2024 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovenia | 1.1% | 2024 | down 52.2% | rising |
| 86 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | 2012 | up 1,408.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Bolivia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 138.7% | volatile |
| 88 | France | 1.0% | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Poland | 1.0% | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 90 | Spain | 0.9% | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 0.9% | 2024 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Malawi | 0.9% | 2024 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Czechia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 94 | India | 0.9% | 2024 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Romania | 0.9% | 2024 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 96 | Belize | 0.8% | 2025 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Senegal | 0.8% | 2024 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8% | 2025 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Norway | 0.8% | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 100 | South Korea | 0.8% | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Rwanda | 0.8% | 2022 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 102 | French Polynesia | 0.8% | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Bangladesh | 0.8% | 2018 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Palestine | 0.8% | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Honduras | 0.7% | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Slovakia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 107 | El Salvador | 0.7% | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Germany | 0.7% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 0.7% | 2024 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 110 | Georgia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 0.7% | 2025 | up 555.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Somalia | 0.7% | 1982 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Italy | 0.6% | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Turkey | 0.6% | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 0.6% | 2024 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Mauritius | 0.6% | 2024 | up 100.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Peru | 0.6% | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Israel | 0.6% | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahamas | 0.6% | 2024 | up 109.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Tonga | 0.6% | 2023 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Morocco | 0.6% | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Argentina | 0.6% | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Burundi | 0.5% | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Japan | 0.5% | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Iceland | 0.5% | 2025 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Hungary | 0.5% | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 0.5% | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Albania | 0.5% | 2024 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Lebanon | 0.5% | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Cyprus | 0.4% | 2024 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 133 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2025 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Zambia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Andorra | 0.4% | 2023 | down 71.8% | rising |
| 136 | Macao | 0.4% | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Samoa | 0.4% | 2024 | up 149.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Moldova | 0.4% | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Mozambique | 0.4% | 2024 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 140 | New Caledonia | 0.4% | 2015 | up 275.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Singapore | 0.4% | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Nigeria | 0.4% | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 143 | China | 0.3% | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Armenia | 0.3% | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Jordan | 0.3% | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Iran | 0.3% | 2022 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 0.3% | 2024 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Micronesia (country) | 0.3% | 2013 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Tunisia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Ireland | 0.3% | 2024 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 0.3% | 2024 | up 971.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Grenada | 0.3% | 2024 | up 358.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Niger | 0.3% | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.3% | 2023 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Mauritania | 0.2% | 2024 | up 1,318.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2% | 2023 | up 229.2% | volatile |
| 157 | East Timor | 0.2% | 2023 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Cayman Islands | 0.2% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Haiti | 0.2% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Djibouti | 0.2% | 2023 | up 1,871.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Palau | 0.2% | 2018 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Malta | 0.1% | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1% | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Jamaica | 0.1% | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2024 | up 307.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2025 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1% | 2017 | up 315.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Aruba | 0.1% | 2023 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Dominica | 0.1% | 2023 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Seychelles | 0.1% | 2024 | up 143,597.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2025 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2017 | up 807.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2023 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Angola | 0.0% | 2024 | up 307.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2024 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2024 | up 133.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Libya | 0.0% | 2019 | up 782.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3,119.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Oman | 0.0% | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | up 437,622.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2013 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2019 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2016 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Greenland | 0.0% | 2018 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2024 | up 319.7% | volatile |
| 191 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 1978 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pacific island small states 26.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 4.8%
- Africa Western and Central 4.2%
- IDA only 3.6%
- IDA total 3.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 3.3%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 3.1%
- IDA blend 3.0%
- Other small states 2.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.6%
About this data
Agricultural raw materials comprise section 2 of SITC Rev. 3 (crude materials, inedible, except fuels) excluding divisions 22 (oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits), 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap). 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.