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Food Exports (% of Exports) by African country

2025

Food (SITC sections 0, 1, 4 and division 22) as a share of total merchandise exports.

Africa, 202513 of 54 countries
20.8%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Malawi · 93.3%Lowest in 2025Angola · 0.5%Reported in 202513 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 31.0%Democratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — 50.8%Sudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — 12.8%Lesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — 6.4%Cameroon — no dataTogo — 34.4%Ghana — 19.7%Cote d'Ivoire — 55.0%Guinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — 93.3%Mozambique — 12.4%Eswatini — no dataAngola — 0.5%Burundi — no dataMadagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — no dataAlgeria — no dataEritrea — no dataMorocco — 12.1%Egypt — 21.6%Libya — no dataEthiopia — no dataDjibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeria 6.4%Nigeria 6.4%EthiopiaEthiopiaKenya 50.8%Kenya 50.8%South Africa 12.8%South Africa 12.8%2025HIGHEST IN 2025Malawi93.3%Cote d'Ivoire55.0%Mauritiusnot drawn52.3%Kenya50.8%Togo34.4%LOWEST IN 2025Angola0.5%Nigeria6.4%Morocco12.1%Mozambique12.4%South Africa12.8%PINNEDEthiopiano dataOTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno data% of merchandise exports · quintiles of the observed range0.5%12.1%12.8%31%50.8%93.3%no record
20142025
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Eastern Africa5 of 18 countries41.1%
Northern Africa2 of 6 countries19.3%
Western Africa4 of 16 countries13.7%
Southern Africa1 of 5 countries12.8%
Middle Africa1 of 9 countries0.5%
Africaall 54 countries · 13 with a 2025 figure20.8%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
41 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi and 36 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Food Exports (% of Exports)Food (SITC sections 0, 1, 4 and division 22) as a share of total merchandise exports.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of merchandise exports
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1962–2025
Coverage13 of 54 countries · 13 reported, 0 modelled, 41 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 13 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Food Exports (% of Exports)". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/food-exports
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=food_exports_pct_merchandise&year=2025&limit=100

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Food Exports (% of Exports): most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

43 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryFood Exports (% of Exports)Period
1Sao Tome and Principe98.2%2023
2Malawi93.3%2025
3Gambia90.7%2024
4Comoros88.5%2023
5Cabo Verde86.4%2024
6Seychelles85.9%2024
7Ethiopia80.4%2023
8Cote d'Ivoire55%2025
9Mauritius52.3%2025
10Kenya50.8%2025
11Burundi46%2023
12Djibouti41.5%2023
13Benin39.7%2024
14Uganda39.3%2024
15Togo34.4%2025
16Tanzania31%2025
17Madagascar30.5%2024
18Eswatini29.7%2023
19Namibia28%2024
20Mauritania25.5%2024
21Liberia24.5%2023
22Lesotho23.3%2024
23Cameroon22.8%2023
24Zimbabwe21.6%2024
25Senegal21.6%2024
26Egypt21.6%2025
27Ghana19.7%2025
28Tunisia14.7%2024
29South Africa12.8%2025
30Mozambique12.4%2025
31Morocco12.1%2025
32Zambia8.7%2024
33Burkina Faso7.1%2024
34Nigeria6.4%2025
35Mali6.2%2023
36Niger4.1%2024
37Botswana1.9%2023
38Democratic Republic of the Congo1.3%2024
39Gabon0.9%2023
40Algeria0.5%2024
41Angola0.5%2025
42Central African Republic0.2%2024
43Republic of the Congo0.2%2023
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 43 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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