Afghanistan - Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports) in Afghanistan was 21.04 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.10 in 1963 and a minimum value of 0.04 in 2013.

Definition: Agricultural raw materials comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials except fuels) excluding divisions 22, 27 (crude fertilizers and minerals excluding coal, petroleum, and precious stones), and 28 (metalliferous ores and scrap).

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

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Year Value
1962 53.76
1963 61.10
1964 54.44
1965 45.76
1966 51.71
1967 46.36
1968 38.09
1969 38.05
1970 35.82
1971 45.66
1972 33.94
1973 26.89
1974 31.48
1975 33.67
1976 39.39
1977 36.84
2008 5.03
2009 7.56
2010 10.77
2011 12.88
2012 0.24
2013 0.04
2014 0.05
2015 14.80
2016 16.36
2017 17.06
2018 16.69
2019 21.04

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.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports