Food imports in Middle income
Middle income: Food imports was 8.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Food imports in Middle income, 1984–2024
Source: Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division. Measured in % of merchandise imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for food imports in Middle income is 8.7%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food imports in Middle income peaked at 10.7% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 5.7%, in 2006.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9.1% | 8.2% | 10.7% | 4 |
| 1990s | 7.4% | 5.9% | 8.3% | 8 |
| 2000s | 6.6% | 5.7% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.9% | 7.0% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 8.7% | 9.7% | 5 |
More private sector data for Middle income
- Merchandise exports 8.73 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Manufactures exports 72.8% (2024)
- Food exports 10.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.18 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Manufactures imports 58.0% (2024)
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.78 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 24.4% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 39.5% (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.86 trillion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food imports in Middle income?
- Food imports in Middle income was 8.7% in 2024, according to Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division.
- What is the highest food imports recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7% in 1984.
- What is the lowest food imports recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7% in 2006.
- Is food imports rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Comtrade database, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division, published as part of Food imports (% of merchandise imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a 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.