Namibia - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Namibia was 27.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47.99 in 2003 and a minimum value of 19.39 in 2014.

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 28.80
2001 36.14
2002 36.96
2003 47.99
2004 29.41
2005 30.81
2006 25.57
2007 23.58
2008 22.34
2009 23.74
2010 24.83
2011 24.40
2012 27.08
2013 23.77
2014 19.39
2015 26.74
2016 30.12
2017 31.85
2018 29.55
2019 29.14
2020 27.76

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