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 as a share of merchandise imports (%)

197020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Togo23.118.415.513.313.314.712.413.915.114.519.417.417.817.416.315.819.316.8
Papua New Guinea18.311.611.016.419.819.2
Solomon Islands27.228.226.121.121.420.223.724.124.124.622.2
Timor-Leste17.614.430.229.427.431.332.728.228.1
Haiti20.8
Yemen, Rep.28.230.731.532.528.639.745.940.239.1
Afghanistan20.513.714.04.37.59.519.223.636.834.026.9
Burundi22.96.513.724.730.114.013.112.616.619.016.715.614.714.312.9
Central African Republic16.929.317.228.131.229.636.026.415.215.921.120.616.716.420.616.918.5
Chad20.6
Comoros43.434.238.040.842.036.141.545.349.234.942.142.737.625.3
Cote d'Ivoire15.917.214.619.225.120.014.516.817.621.520.921.121.421.622.018.016.9
Congo, Dem. Rep.15.714.115.213.48.67.79.310.97.94.8
Guinea24.215.821.725.423.426.6
Guinea-Bissau31.150.740.650.546.146.041.7
Liberia16.926.621.828.325.926.424.423.1
Sao Tome and Principe30.838.529.832.430.430.632.431.032.329.729.230.933.534.827.531.8
Sierra Leone32.711.020.728.532.632.3
Somalia33.7