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Reading no. 2024/290

EconomyObserved dataAnnual fixture: World Food Day

Share of food in merchandise exports, Pacific

97.2% of exports

Pacific

KiribatiPalauTongaFijiNew ZealandSamoaFrench PolynesiaPapua New Guinea

Share of food products in merchandise exports, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten of the Pacific.

  1. Kiribati97.2
  2. Palau88.7
  3. Tonga81.5
  4. Fiji67.5
  5. New Zealand65.7
  6. Samoa54.8
  7. French Polynesia26.2
  8. Papua New Guinea20.3
  9. Solomon Islands20.1
  10. Australia11.0

In the first territory of the ranking, Kiribati, food accounts for 97.2% of merchandise exports.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator TX.VAL.FOOD.ZS.UN, read for seventeen territories of the Pacific from 2015 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2025/289 · 16 Oct41.4% of importsShare of food in merchandise imports, Pacific2026/271 · 28 Sep17.08t CO2eCO2 emissions per capita in the Pacific2024/319 · 14 Nov44.1% probabilityPremature mortality from noncommunicable diseases, Pacific2026/265 · 22 Sep78.9yearsLife expectancy at birth in the Pacific

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