Angola - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Angola was 19.29 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.50 in 1985 and a minimum value of 11.83 in 1972.

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
1962 19.34
1969 15.13
1970 15.68
1971 13.39
1972 11.83
1973 13.09
1974 14.37
1985 32.50
2007 16.01
2009 13.50
2010 15.23
2011 18.60
2012 20.07
2013 17.75
2014 16.98
2015 13.19
2016 13.71
2017 17.74
2018 20.44
2019 19.29

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