Food exports (% of merchandise exports) - Country Ranking - Middle East

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: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Yemen 99.29 2019
2 Afghanistan 63.85 2019
3 Syrian Arab Republic 21.02 2010
4 Lebanon 19.62 2020
5 Kyrgyz Republic 18.20 2021
6 Pakistan 17.41 2021
7 Jordan 14.84 2020
8 Turkey 12.00 2020
9 Uzbekistan 9.09 2021
10 Iran 6.34 2018
11 Bahrain 4.34 2019
12 Tajikistan 3.99 2020
13 Israel 3.73 2020
14 Oman 3.53 2018
15 United Arab Emirates 3.51 2020
16 Saudi Arabia 1.90 2020
17 Kuwait 0.84 2020
18 Turkmenistan 0.29 2000
19 Qatar 0.06 2020
20 Iraq 0.00 2016

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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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.