Guyana - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Guyana was 9.09 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 51 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.96 in 1971 and a minimum value of 6.89 in 1992.

Definition: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1970 15.85
1971 17.96
1972 15.93
1973 17.00
1974 15.84
1975 13.03
1976 14.48
1977 15.08
1978 16.80
1979 17.86
1981 13.09
1991 8.31
1992 6.89
1997 14.12
1998 16.86
1999 16.72
2000 13.95
2001 15.92
2002 15.70
2003 14.01
2004 12.71
2005 15.12
2006 12.67
2007 13.95
2008 14.30
2009 14.33
2010 14.80
2011 13.83
2012 13.71
2013 14.52
2014 14.66
2015 17.21
2016 16.29
2017 14.91
2018 11.53
2019 6.97
2020 10.73
2021 9.09

Limitations and Exceptions: 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.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports