Pacific island small states - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Pacific island small states was 47.35 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 88.91 in 1980 and a minimum value of 36.35 in 2004.

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
1970 83.81
1971 84.79
1972 84.87
1973 78.34
1974 88.47
1975 88.02
1976 85.82
1977 88.52
1978 87.71
1979 88.00
1980 88.91
1981 87.36
1982 82.45
1983 86.94
1984 85.29
1985 83.61
1986 80.83
1987 78.78
2002 38.23
2003 38.15
2004 36.35
2005 46.86
2006 50.10
2007 54.95
2008 59.63
2009 58.04
2010 50.97
2011 50.08
2012 50.16
2013 49.34
2014 54.20
2015 45.24
2016 47.27
2017 52.76
2018 47.35

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