Namibia - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Namibia was 12.59 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.60 in 2004 and a minimum value of 11.28 in 2018.

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.

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Year Value
2000 16.90
2001 13.12
2002 12.57
2003 15.01
2004 18.60
2005 17.91
2006 16.21
2007 15.40
2008 13.98
2009 14.82
2010 14.91
2011 14.09
2012 13.02
2013 13.07
2014 11.43
2015 12.32
2016 12.76
2017 13.51
2018 11.28
2019 12.54
2020 12.59

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