Food imports (% of merchandise imports) - Imports - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators



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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).
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) - Imports - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Guinea-Bissau (2005)50.69
2Eritrea (2003)45.56
3Kiribati (2005)36.43
4Angola (1985)32.5
5Equatorial Guinea (1983)31.8
6Laos (1974)31.67
7Benin (2006)30.68
8Gambia (2008)29.81
9Mauritania (2008)28.23
10Djibouti (1991)27.96
11Cape Verde (2008)27.66
12Sao Tome and Principe (2008)27.31
13Haiti (1981)26.1
14Senegal (2008)25.94
15Samoa (2008)25.52
16Liberia (1984)25.01
17Niger (2008)24.88
18Yemen (2008)24.76
19Chad (1995)24.27
20St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)23.2
21Sierra Leone (2002)22.53
22Bangladesh (2007)22.46
23Somalia (1982)22.44
24Tonga (2007)21.96
25Dominica (2008)21.89
26Vanuatu (2007)21.32
27St. Lucia (2008)21.13
28Greenland (2007)21.13
29Solomon Islands (1988)21.09
30Mauritius (2008)20.9
31Grenada (2008)20.87
32Republic of the Congo (1995)20.81
33Netherlands Antilles (2008)20.8
34Democratic Republic of the Congo (1986)20.55
35Swaziland (2007)20.54
36Bermuda (1997)20.5
37Seychelles (2008)20.27
38French Polynesia (2008)20.13
39Antigua and Barbuda (2007)20.04
40Algeria (2007)19.83
41Ivory Coast (2008)19.61
42Comoros (2007)19.5
43Cayman Islands (1980)19.08
44Barbados (2008)18.95
45St. Kitts and Nevis (2007)18.69
46Armenia (2008)18.67
47Mayotte (2007)18.3
48Burkina Faso (2005)18.28
49Andorra (2004)18.16
50Cameroon (2006)17.98
51Timor-Leste (2005)17.63
52Nepal (2003)17.28
53Central African Republic (2005)17.14
54Least developed countries: UN classification (2004)17.13
55Egypt (2008)17.08
56Brunei Darussalam (2006)17.02
57Jordan (2008)16.8
58Libya (2004)16.76
59Papua New Guinea (2004)16.67
60Gabon (2006)16.63
61Albania (2008)16.42
62Venezuela (2008)16.32
63Bhutan (2008)16.21
64Nicaragua (2007)15.95
65Maldives (2008)15.87
66Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)15.82
67Lebanon (2007)15.81
68Bahamas (2008)15.64
69Lesotho (2004)15.61
70Azerbaijan (2008)15.61
71Fiji (2007)15.47
72Kyrgyzstan (2007)15.37
73Georgia (2008)15.33
74El Salvador (2008)14.9
75Ghana (2008)14.76
76Honduras (2007)14.67
77Burma (1992)14.65
78Togo (2007)14.64
79Malta (2008)14.47
80Ethiopia (2008)14.32
81Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2007)14.26
82Mozambique (2008)14.21
83Namibia (2008)13.94
84Sri Lanka (2008)13.87
85Guyana (2008)13.62
86Faroe Islands (2006)13.58
87Low income (2007)13.46
88Cyprus (2008)13.39
89Guinea (2008)13.23
90Saudi Arabia (2007)13.16
91Uganda (2008)12.97
92Kuwait (2007)12.95
93Macau (2008)12.83
94Belize (2008)12.72
95Latvia (2008)12.69
96Guatemala (2008)12.65
97Syria (2007)12.61
98Mali (2008)12.45
99Moldova (2008)12.4
100Morocco (2007)12.27
101Jamaica (2008)12.21
102Denmark (2008)12.16
103Botswana (2008)12.04
104Russia (2008)12.04
105Malawi (2008)12.03
106Portugal (2008)11.94
107Middle East & North Africa (2006)11.92
108Cuba (2006)11.92
109Dominican Republic (2008)11.91
110Pakistan (2008)11.85
111Mongolia (2007)11.82
112Tanzania (2007)11.73
113Turkmenistan (2000)11.71
114Suriname (2008)11.66
115New Caledonia (2008)11.65
116Kenya (2008)11.63
117Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1978)11.31
118Burundi (2008)11.2
119Macedonia (2008)10.97
120Zimbabwe (2007)10.97
121Oman (2008)10.9
122Philippines (2008)10.83
123Greece (2008)10.76
124Panama (2008)10.76
125Madagascar (2008)10.61
126Lithuania (2008)10.56
127Rwanda (2008)10.3
128Tajikistan (2000)10.21
129Tunisia (2008)10.21
130Colombia (2008)10.13
131Estonia (2008)9.97
132Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)9.94
133Netherlands (2008)9.9
134Ireland (2008)9.81
135Nigeria (2008)9.78
136United Kingdom (2008)9.49
137Luxembourg (2008)9.42
138Bolivia (2008)9.36
139New Zealand (2008)9.19
140Iceland (2008)8.83
141Spain (2007)8.72
142Japan (2008)8.66
143Ecuador (2008)8.64
144Costa Rica (2008)8.51
145Italy (2008)8.41
146Trinidad and Tobago (2008)8.26
147Croatia (2008)8.19
148Belgium (2008)8.16
149Uruguay (2008)8.06
150Euro area (2008)8.05
151France (2008)7.99
152Cambodia (2004)7.89
153Europe & Central Asia (2008)7.89
154Sweden (2008)7.87
155Kazakhstan (2008)7.77
156Latin America & Caribbean (2008)7.51
157Bulgaria (2008)7.49
158Sudan (2008)7.48
159Norway (2008)7.42
160Upper middle income (2008)7.4
161Ukraine (2008)7.35
162Belarus (2008)7.33
163Chile (2008)7.26
164Indonesia (2008)7.26
165Low & middle income (2008)7.19
166Afghanistan (2008)7.17
167Malaysia (2008)7.13
168Mexico (2008)7.11
169Romania (2008)7.08
170Middle income (2008)7.05
171High income: OECD (2008)6.95
172Slovenia (2008)6.94
173Germany (2008)6.77
174Austria (2008)6.77
175High income (2008)6.65
176Israel (2008)6.65
177Paraguay (2008)6.63
178Poland (2008)6.62
179Lower middle income (2008)6.61
180United Arab Emirates (2008)6.6
181Canada (2008)6.41
182Vietnam (2007)6.39
183Aruba (2005)6.35
184Qatar (2008)6.01
185East Asia & Pacific (2008)5.93
186Serbia (2007)5.78
187Switzerland (2008)5.7
188Zambia (2008)5.6
189Slovakia (2008)5.53
190Finland (2008)5.36
191South Africa (2008)5.25
192South Asia (2008)5.23
193Bahrain (2007)5.16
194Czech Republic (2008)5.07
195Thailand (2008)4.94
196Australia (2008)4.91
197China (2008)4.76
198Argentina (2008)4.54
199Peru (2007)4.46
200South Korea (2007)4.44
201North Korea (2007)4.44
202Hungary (2008)4.43
203High income: nonOECD (2008)4.43
204United States (2008)4.4
205Brazil (2008)4.37
206Turkey (2008)4.31
207Hong Kong (2008)3.63
208Singapore (2008)2.82
209India (2008)2.49
210Iran (2006)1.86
211Iraq (2002)1.2
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