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2014

STSTAATE OF COTE OF COMMMMODODITITYY

U N I T E D N AT I O N S C O N F E R E N C E O N T R A D E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T

U N I T E D N AT I O N S C O N F E R E N C E O N T R A D E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T

New York and Geneva, 2015

2014

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Table of contents

Abbreviations and Acronyms ............................................................................................................................... 7Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................ 8Sources ............................................................................................................................................................. 9Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 15List of Countries ............................................................................................................................................... 16List of Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries, 2012-2013........................................................................ 18List of Net Food-Importing Developing Countries, 2012-2013 ............................................................................. 20

............................................................. 22 ................................................................. 25

REGIONAL OVERVIEW

Figure 1. Percentage of labour force and women’s labour force working in agriculture, by region, 2012-2013 .... 28 ..... 28

................. 29Figure 4. Developing country agricultural exports, by region, 2012-2013 .......................................................... 29Figure 5. Developing country fuel exports, by region, 2012-2013 ..................................................................... 30Figure 6. Developing country minerals, ores and metals exports, by region, 2012-2013 .................................... 30

......................................... 31Figure 8. Composition of commodity exports, by region, 2012-2013 ................................................................ 31

.......................................... 32Figure 10. Commodity export dependence and export concentration ratio in developing countries, 2012-2013 ..... 32

INDIVIDUAL PROFILES

Eastern AfricaBurundi .......................................................................................................................................................... 37Comoros ......................................................................................................................................................... 38Djibouti ........................................................................................................................................................... 39Eritrea ............................................................................................................................................................ 40

.......................................................................................................................................................... 41Kenya ............................................................................................................................................................. 42

.................................................................................................................................................... 43 ........................................................................................................................................................... 44

........................................................................................................................................................ 45 ................................................................................................................................................... 46

.......................................................................................................................................................... 47 ...................................................................................................................................................... 48

Somalia .......................................................................................................................................................... 49 ................................................................................................................................................... 50

........................................................................................................................................................... 51 ............................................................................................................................. 52

Zambia ........................................................................................................................................................... 53Zimbabwe....................................................................................................................................................... 54

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Middle AfricaAngola ............................................................................................................................................................ 57Cameroon ....................................................................................................................................................... 58

.................................................................................................................................. 59 .............................................................................................................................................................. 60

Congo ............................................................................................................................................................ 61 .................................................................................................................... 62

............................................................................................................................................ 63Gabon ............................................................................................................................................................ 64Sao Tome and Principe .................................................................................................................................... 65

Northern AfricaAlgeria ............................................................................................................................................................ 69Egypt .............................................................................................................................................................. 70Libya .............................................................................................................................................................. 71

......................................................................................................................................................... 72Sudan ............................................................................................................................................................ 73Tunisia ............................................................................................................................................................ 74

Southern AfricaBotswana ....................................................................................................................................................... 77

.......................................................................................................................................................... 78Namibia .......................................................................................................................................................... 79

.................................................................................................................................................... 80 ....................................................................................................................................................... 81

Western AfricaBenin ............................................................................................................................................................. 85Burkina Faso ................................................................................................................................................... 86Cabo Verde ..................................................................................................................................................... 87Côte D’ivoire ................................................................................................................................................... 88Gambia........................................................................................................................................................... 89

............................................................................................................................................................ 90Guinea ............................................................................................................................................................ 91Guinea-Bissau ................................................................................................................................................ 92Liberia ............................................................................................................................................................ 93

................................................................................................................................................................ 94 ...................................................................................................................................................... 95

Niger .............................................................................................................................................................. 96Nigeria ........................................................................................................................................................... 97Senegal .......................................................................................................................................................... 98Sierra Leone ................................................................................................................................................... 99Togo ............................................................................................................................................................. 100

CaribbeanAntigua And Barbuda ..................................................................................................................................... 103

...................................................................................................................................................... 104Barbados ...................................................................................................................................................... 105Cuba ............................................................................................................................................................ 106Dominica ...................................................................................................................................................... 107

....................................................................................................................................... 108Grenada ....................................................................................................................................................... 109

............................................................................................................................................................. 110Jamaica ....................................................................................................................................................... 111

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Saint Kitts and Nevis ...................................................................................................................................... 112Saint Lucia .................................................................................................................................................... 113

................................................................................................................... 114Trinidad and Tobago ...................................................................................................................................... 115

Central America ........................................................................................................................................................... 119

.................................................................................................................................................... 120El Salvador .................................................................................................................................................... 121Guatemala .................................................................................................................................................... 122

...................................................................................................................................................... 123 ......................................................................................................................................................... 124

Nicaragua ..................................................................................................................................................... 125Panama ........................................................................................................................................................ 126

South AmericaArgentina ...................................................................................................................................................... 129

......................................................................................................................... 130 ............................................................................................................................................................ 131 ............................................................................................................................................................ 132

Colombia ...................................................................................................................................................... 133Ecuador ........................................................................................................................................................ 134Guyana ......................................................................................................................................................... 135Paraguay ...................................................................................................................................................... 136Peru ............................................................................................................................................................. 137Suriname ...................................................................................................................................................... 138

........................................................................................................................................................ 139 .................................................................................................................. 140

Eastern Asia ........................................................................................................................................................... 143

........................................................................................................... 144 ...................................................................................................................................................... 145

.......................................................................................................................................... 146

Southern Asia .................................................................................................................................................. 149 ................................................................................................................................................... 150

......................................................................................................................................................... 151India ............................................................................................................................................................. 152

................................................................................................................................ 153 ....................................................................................................................................................... 154

Nepal ........................................................................................................................................................... 155Pakistan ....................................................................................................................................................... 156Sri Lanka ...................................................................................................................................................... 157

South-Eastern AsiaBrunei Darussalam ........................................................................................................................................ 161Cambodia ..................................................................................................................................................... 162Indonesia ...................................................................................................................................................... 163

................................................................................................................. 164 ....................................................................................................................................................... 165 ...................................................................................................................................................... 166

.................................................................................................................................................... 167

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Singapore ..................................................................................................................................................... 168 ....................................................................................................................................................... 169

Timor-Leste .................................................................................................................................................. 170Viet Nam ...................................................................................................................................................... 171

Western Asia ......................................................................................................................................................... 175

.............................................................................................................................................................. 176Jordan .......................................................................................................................................................... 177Kuwait .......................................................................................................................................................... 178Lebanon ....................................................................................................................................................... 179Oman ........................................................................................................................................................... 180Qatar ............................................................................................................................................................ 181Saudi Arabia ................................................................................................................................................. 182

.................................................................................................................................... 183Turkey ......................................................................................................................................................... 184

.................................................................................................................................... 185Yemen ......................................................................................................................................................... 186

OceaniaFiji ............................................................................................................................................................... 189Kiribati ......................................................................................................................................................... 190

........................................................................................................................................... 191 .................................................................................................................... 192

Nauru ........................................................................................................................................................... 193Palau ............................................................................................................................................................ 194Papua New Guinea ........................................................................................................................................ 195Samoa .......................................................................................................................................................... 196Solomon Islands ............................................................................................................................................ 197Tonga ........................................................................................................................................................... 198Tuvalu .......................................................................................................................................................... 199Vanuatu ........................................................................................................................................................ 200

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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

. Decimal point

n.a. Not available

- Zero

% Per cent

GDP Gross Domestic Product

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The State of Commodity Dependence 2014

DISCLAIMER

of its frontiers or boundaries.

COPYRIGHT

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SOURCES

The State of Commodity Dependence 2012.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Country area (square kilometres), 2010 and 2012

not appear in FAOStat.

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012

meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and

is not included and data for arable land are not meant to

-

Population (1,000 inhabitants), 2010 and 2012

Total fertility rate (children per woman), 2005-2010

Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Labour force (1,000 workers), 2010 and 2013

Women in labour force as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013

SOURCES

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Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013

Women in agriculture as a percentage of labour force in agriculture, 2010 and 2013

Darussalam, Kuwait, Nauru, Qatar, Singapore,

Annual growth rate of real GDP (percentage), 2013

Constant GDP (billions of US$), 2010 and 2013

Value added by economic activity as a percentage of GDP (agriculture / industry / services), 2010 and 2013

statistical discrepancies.

Commodity import value as a percentage of merchandise import value (millions of US$), 2009/10 and 2012/13

2010 and 2012-2013 periods.

Real GDP per capita (US$), 2010 and 2013

MDG 1.1: Proportion of population below $1.25 (PPP) per day, selected years

Present

Guinea, Eritrea, Grenada, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,

Past

Bank

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Gini index (percentage), latest available year

Bank

Guinea, Eritrea, Grenada, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,

Arab Emirates, Vanuatu and Zimbabwe.

Human Development Index (rank), 2013 and direction of change in ranking (2000-2013)

Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea

2013 and 2013

2000 and 2013.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

Commodity exports as a percentage of merchandise exports (millions of US$), 2009/10 and 2012/13

Commodity exports as a percentage of GDP, 2009/10 and 2012/13

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

a a

SOURCES

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Exports by commodity group as a percentage of total commodity exports, 2009/10 and 2012/13

cent due to rounding.

– Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold

Data for Cabo Verde, Sierra Leone and Togo were revised by

Three leading commodity exports as a percentage of commodity exports, 2009/10 and 2012/13

Five leading destination markets for commodity exports as a percentage of commodity exports, 2009/10 and 2012/13

index), 2000 and 2013

1995-2009.

market between exporters or importers.

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FOOD SECURITY

All food imports value as a percentage of commodity import value (millions of US$), 2009/10 and 2012/13

Net food imports (millions of US$), 2009/10 and 2012/13

food imports minus value of all food exports. All food

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013

Nations Statistics Division

Nauru, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts

SOURCES

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INTRODUCTION

In The State of Commodity Dependence Report 2014

The State of Commodity Dependence 2014 provides

Asia and Oceania.

1

across regions.

1 Crude petroleum, average of UK Brent (light)/Dubai (medium)/Texas (heavy) equally weighted ($/barrel), UNCTADstat

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LIST OF COUNTRIES

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: AFRICA

Developing economies: Eastern Africa

Burundi*Comoros*Djibouti*Eritrea*

Kenya

Somalia*

Zambia*Zimbabwe

Developing economies: Middle Africa

Angola*Cameroon

Congo

GabonSao Tome and Principe*

Developing economies: Northern Africa

AlgeriaEgyptLibya

Sudan*a

TunisiaDeveloping economies: Southern Africa

Botswana

Namibia

Developing economies: Western Africa

Benin*Burkina Faso*Cabo VerdeCôte d’IvoireGambia*

Guinea*Guinea-Bissau*Liberia*

Niger*NigeriaSenegal*Sierra Leone*Togo*

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: AMERICAS

Developing economies: Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda

BarbadosCubaDominica

Grenada

JamaicaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint Lucia

Trinidad and TobagoDeveloping economies: Central America

El SalvadorGuatemala

NicaraguaPanama

Developing economies: South America

Argentina

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ColombiaEcuadorGuyanaParaguayPeruSuriname

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: ASIA

Developing economies: Eastern Asiab

Developing economies: Southern Asia

India

Nepal*PakistanSri Lanka

Developing economies: South-Eastern Asia

Brunei DarussalamCambodia*Indonesia

Singapore

Timor-Leste*Viet Nam

Developing economies: Western Asia

JordanKuwaitLebanonOmanQatarSaudi Arabia

Turkey

Yemen*

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: OCEANIA

FijiKiribati*

NauruPalauPapua New GuineaSamoaSolomon Islands*TongaTuvalu*Vanuatu*

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LIST OF COUNTRIES

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LIST OF COMMODITY-DEPENDENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, 2012-2013

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: AFRICA

Developing economies: Eastern Africa

BurundiDjiboutiEritrea

Kenya

Somalia

ZambiaZimbabwe

Developing economies: Middle Africa

AngolaCameroon

Congo

GabonSao Tome and Principe

Developing economies: Northern Africa

AlgeriaLibya

Developing economies: Southern Africa

BotswanaNamibia

Developing economies: Western Africa

BeninBurkina FasoCabo VerdeCôte d’IvoireGambia

Guinea

Guinea-BissauLiberia

NigerNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneTogo

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: AMERICAS

Developing economies: Caribbean

CubaJamaicaSaint LuciaTrinidad and Tobago

Developing economies: Central America

GuatemalaNicaragua

Developing economies: South America

Argentina

ColombiaEcuadorGuyanaParaguayPeruSuriname

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: ASIA

Developing economies: Eastern Asia

Developing economies: Southern Asia

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Developing economies: South-Eastern Asia

Brunei DarussalamIndonesia

Timor-LesteDeveloping economies: Western Asia

KuwaitOmanQatarSaudi Arabia

Yemen

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: OCEANIA

FijiKiribati

NauruPalauPapua New GuineaSolomon IslandsTongaTuvaluVanuatu

LIST OF COMMODITY-DEPENDENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, 2012-2013

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LIST OF NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES(a), 2012-2013

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: AFRICA

Developing economies: Eastern Africa

BurundiComorosDjiboutiEritrea

SomaliaDeveloping economies: Middle Africa

AngolaCameroon

Congo

GabonSao Tome and Principe

Developing economies: Northern Africa

AlgeriaEgyptLibya

SudanTunisia

Developing economies: Southern Africa

Botswana

Developing economies: Western Africa

BeninBurkina FasoCabo VerdeGambiaGuineaLiberia

NigerNigeriaSenegalTogo

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: AMERICAS

Developing economies: Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda

BarbadosCubaDominica

Grenada

JamaicaSaint Kitts and Nevis

Trinidad and TobagoDeveloping economies: Central America

El Salvador

Developing economies: South America

ColombiaSuriname

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: ASIA

Developing economies: Eastern Asia

Developing economies: Southern Asia

NepalPakistan

Developing economies: South-Eastern Asia

Brunei DarussalamCambodia

SingaporeTimor-LesteViet Nam

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Developing economies: Western Asia

JordanKuwaitLebanonOmanQatarSaudi Arabia

Yemen

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: OCEANIA

Kiribati

NauruPalauSamoaSolomon IslandsTongaTuvaluVanuatu

LIST OF COMMODITY-DEPENDENT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, 2012-2013

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LIST OF STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (THIRD REVISION) CODES

[0] FOOD AND LIVE ANIMALS

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[1] BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO

[2] CRUDE MATERIALS, INEDIBLE, EXCEPT FUELS

LIST OF STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (THIRD REVISION) CODES

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[3] MINERAL FUELS, LUBRICANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS

[4] ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS AND WAXES

or oils, n.e.s.

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DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEPENDENCY ON COMMODITIES, 2012–2013 (map)

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FIGURE 1. PERCENTAGE OF LABOUR FORCE AND WOMEN’S LABOUR FORCE WORKING IN AGRICULTURE, BY REGION, 2012-2013

FIGURE 2. COMMODITY EXPORT VALUE AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL MERCHANDISE EXPORT VALUE, BY REGION, 2012-2013

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FIGURE 4. DEVELOPING COUNTRY AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, BY REGION, 2012-2013

FIGURE 3. COMMODITY EXPORTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, BY REGION, 2012-2013

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FIGURE 5. DEVELOPING COUNTRY FUEL EXPORTS, BY REGION, 2012-2013

FIGURE 6. DEVELOPING COUNTRY MINERALS, ORES AND METALS EXPORTS, BY REGION, 2012-2013

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FIGURE 8. COMPOSITION OF COMMODITY EXPORTS, BY REGION, 2012-2013

FIGURE 7. EXPORT CONCENTRATION RATIO (HERFINDAHL-HIRSCHMANN INDEX), 2000 AND 2013

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FIGURE 9. NET FOOD-IMPORT BILL BY REGION (MILLIONS US$), 2009-2010 AND 2012-2013

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BURUNDI

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

27,830 27,830

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 66 75

9,233 9,850

6.5

4,314 4,647

52 52

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 87 84

56 56

3.8

1.90 2.16

203 213

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

4.0 3.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 82 74

Agricultural raw materials 4 4

Fuels 1 1

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 13 21

86 81

65 52

13 18

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 8 11

79

42/12/10/8/7

0.6769 0.3599

FOOD SECURITY

-2 88

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

EASTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

38

COMOROS

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,861 1,861

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 83 85

683 718

5.1

243 264

30 31

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 91 91

52 52

3.3

0.41 0.44

598 601

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

1.5 1.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 88 92

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 11 7

98 99

87 91

7 7

Ferrous waste, scrape; remelting ingots, iron, steel (282) 4 1

93

39/34/9/5/5

0.7558 0.5300

FOOD SECURITY

72 102

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

39

DJIBOUTI

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

23,200 23,200

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 73 73

834 860

3.8

292 320

35 35

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 98 95

46 47

4.8

0.96 1.11

1,156 1,270

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.9 5.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 78 53

Agricultural raw materials 2 8

Fuels 7 10

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 14 29

66 55

32 25

Milk, cream and milk products (excluding butter, cheese)(022)

23 23

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) 11 7

73

29/14/13/10/7

0.1154 0.1944

FOOD SECURITY

55 129

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 75 19

EASTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

40

ERITREA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

117,600 117,600

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 65 75

5,741 6,131

5.2

2,596 2,856

49 49

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 60 59

44 43

5.0

1.06 1.30

184 205

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

0.3 10.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 74 30

Agricultural raw materials 21 1

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 5 68

42 94

Live animals other than animals of division 03 (001) 18 63

12 29

Fishery products (03) 12 2

100

Canada, India, Egypt 95/3/1

0.2586 0.3879

FOOD SECURITY

194 110

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

41

ETHIOPIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,104,300 1,104,300

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 32 37

87,095 91,729

5.3

40,787 44,936

47 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 78 75

46 45

7.2

20.39 26.36

234 280

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

6.5 5.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 81 83

Agricultural raw materials 10 9

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 9 8

67 67

30 32

19 18

18 17

67

0.5043 0.3310

FOOD SECURITY

-534 -784

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 75 35

EASTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

42

KENYA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

580,370 580,370

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 47 48

40,909 43,178

4.8

15,461 16,956

46 46

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 86 83

49 48

5.5

23.52 27.10

575 611

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

10.1 9.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 67 65

Agricultural raw materials 19 18

Fuels 7 8

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 6 9

57 55

31 30

18 17

Vegetables (054) 8 8

74

31/21/8/7/6

0.2684 0.1906

FOOD SECURITY

-751 -584

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 33 24

43

MADAGASCAR

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

587,040 587,295

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 71 71

21,080 22,294

4.8

10,147 11,219

49 49

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 71 71

53 53

3.0

5.81 6.22

275 271

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

6.1 10.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 61 54

Agricultural raw materials 10 4

Fuels 6 4

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 23 39

54 56

25 23

18 18

Ores and concentrates of base metals, n.e.s. (287) 11 15

71

38/13/8/7/6

0.2588 0.1954

FOOD SECURITY

21 -15

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 27 31

EASTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

44

MALAWI

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

118,480 118,480

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 48 61

15,014 15,906

5.8

6,710 7,365

52 51

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 73 73

59 59

4.2

4.24 4.81

283 294

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

15.8 18.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 92 88

Agricultural raw materials 4 5

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 4 6

80 73

66 56

Tea and mate (074) 7 9

Sugar, molasses and honey (061) 7 8

64

0.6270 0.4684

FOOD SECURITY

-658 -569

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 45 22

45

MAURITIUS

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

2,040 2,040

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 45 43

1,231 1,240

1.6

603 625

38 38

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 8 7

25 26

3.4

8.15 9.02

6,625 7,252

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

7.9 8.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 88 87

Agricultural raw materials 2 2

Fuels 1 –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 9 11

83 83

42 45

34 30

7 8

91

73/6/5/3/3

0.3646 0.2474

FOOD SECURITY

219 351

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 8 5

EASTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

46

MOZAMBIQUE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

799,380 799,380

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 62 64

23,967 25,203

5.6

11,078 11,897

54 53

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 78 78

65 65

7.0

9.33 11.51

389 446

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

23.2 24.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 20 17

Agricultural raw materials 5 6

Fuels 23 41

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 52 36

64 48

45 29

12 10

Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse (121) 7 9

88

39/27/11/7/5

0.2982 0.2627

FOOD SECURITY

182 389

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 55 28

47

RWANDA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

26,340 26,340

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 70 75

10,837 11,458

5.1

5,228 5,695

52 52

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 83 83

56 56

7.1

3.84 4.81

355 408

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

4.3 8.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 53 42

Agricultural raw materials 2 4

Fuels 1 6

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 44 48

82 72

40 47

28 16

14 9

77

21/17/17/13/3

0.4370 0.3564

FOOD SECURITY

104 165

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 56 34

EASTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

48

SEYCHELLES

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

460 460

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 7 7

91 92

2.3

43 44

47 48

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 74 73

50 50

3.5

1.15 1.28

12,564 13,786

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

38.9 42.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 95 94

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 4 5

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 1

95 95

91 90

3 4

1 1

95

70/12/9/3/1

0.5708 0.4889

FOOD SECURITY

-156 -242

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

49

SOMALIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

637,660 637,660

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 69 70

9,636 10,195

7.1

2,926 3,151

34 34

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 83 83

46 46

2.6

2.63 2.84

273 270

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

28.4 38.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 60 93

Agricultural raw materials 17 7

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 23 –

81 95

44 78

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 23 14

14 3

96

46/29/11/8/3

0.6479 0.8998

FOOD SECURITY

236 340

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

EASTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

50

SOUTH SUDAN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

n.a. 644,329

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 n.a. 44

n.a. 10,838

n.a. n.a.

n.a. n.a.

n.a. n.a.

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

n.a. 41

n.a. -3.9

n.a. 4.83

n.a.

n.a. n.a.

n.a. 427

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

n.a. n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

n.a. n.a.

n.a. n.a.

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013 n.a. n.a.

n.a. n.a.

All food items n.a. n.a.

Agricultural raw materials n.a. n.a.

Fuels n.a. n.a.

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold n.a. n.a.

n.a. n.a.

n.a. n.a.

n.a. n.a.

FOOD SECURITY

n.a. n.a.

n.a. n.a.

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

51

UGANDA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

241,550 241,550

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 58 71

33,987 36,346

6.4

13,419 14,785

49 49

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 82 81

50 49

5.3

14.18 16.54

417 440

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

6.8 6.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 81 86

Agricultural raw materials 10 11

Fuels 1 1

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 9 2

50 44

29 29

13 8

8 7

77

36/26/7/6/3

0.3758 0.1803

FOOD SECURITY

-449 -773

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 23 26

EASTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

52

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

947,300 947,300

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 40 46

44,973 47,783

5.6

22,137 24,113

50 50

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 76 76

55 55

7.0

20.19 24.59

449 499

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

12.7 13.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 41 45

Agricultural raw materials 10 9

Fuels 3 3

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 46 44

42 39

22 22

13 9

7 8

73

0.2177 0.1990

FOOD SECURITY

-460 -847

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 24 35

53

ZAMBIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

752,610 752,610

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 31 32

13,217 14,075

5.9

5,579 6,021

46 46

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 58 58

46 46

6.8

9.80 12.00

741 825

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

35.3 37.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 9 15

Agricultural raw materials 2 3

Fuels 1 2

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 89 80

85 82

76 74

Copper ores and concentrates; copper mattes; cement copper (283) 6 4

3 4

78

37/21/9/7/6

0.4437 0.5874

FOOD SECURITY

-196 -794

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 34 48

EASTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

54

ZIMBABWE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

390,760 390,760

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 41 42

13,077 13,724

3.9

6,620 7,260

47 45

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 56

52 52

2.2

7.08 8.36

542 591

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

29.5 31.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 37 44

Agricultural raw materials 17 12

Fuels 14 14

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 32 30

43 53

21 33

12 12

Nickel ores and concentrates; nickel mattes, etc. (284) 10 8

81

28/24/14/12/4

0.2794 0.2601

FOOD SECURITY

-31 -387

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 43 32

MIDDLE AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

56

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ANGOLA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,246,700 1,246,700

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 47 48

19,549 20,821

6.5

7,109 7,891

46 46

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 83 80

55 55

7.5

57.79 68.92

2,956 3,210

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

57.4 57.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items – –

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 99 99

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 1

99 99

97 97

1 1

1 1

94

52/15/13/10/5

0.8816 0.9677

FOOD SECURITY

3,144 4,771

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 63 18

MIDDLE AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

58

CAMEROON

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

475,440 475,440

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 20 21

20,624 21,700

5.2

8,211 8,900

46 46

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 43 40

47 47

4.7

19.14 21.98

928 988

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

13.8 13.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 31 21

Agricultural raw materials 18 18

Fuels 47 58

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 4 3

70 71

38 45

Cocoa (072) 19 13

13 13

90

54/13/10/7/6

0.4361 0.4228

FOOD SECURITY

-106 529

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 38 11

59

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

622,980 622,980

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 8 8

4,350 4,525

4.9

2,064 2,219

47 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 61 58

50 50

-4.0

1.55 1.60

357 347

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.9 7.1

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 4 4

Agricultural raw materials 49 47

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 47 50

84 85

40 39

26 29

18 17

85

43/29/5/5/3

0.6837 0.3561

FOOD SECURITY

58 37

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 47 38

MIDDLE AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

60

CHAD

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,284,000 1,284,000

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 39 40

11,721 12,448

6.9

4,425 4,823

45 45

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 67 64

57 58

5.0

7.05 8.12

602 633

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

37.9 41.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items – 1

Agricultural raw materials 3 4

Fuels 97 94

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold – 1

99 97

89 87

8 7

2 3

95

0.7280 0.9167

FOOD SECURITY

365 491

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 59 35

61

CONGO

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

342,000 342,000

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 31 31

4,112 4,337

5.1

1,693 1,824

49 49

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 31 29

56 55

5.5

7.88 9.41

1,916 2,115

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

64.5 65.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items – –

Agricultural raw materials 3 3

Fuels 91 92

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 5 5

93 94

87 88

3 3

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 3 3

95

47/23/13/9/4

0.6650 0.8146

FOOD SECURITY

424 909

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 43 32

MIDDLE AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

62

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

2,344,860 2,344,860

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 11 12

65,705 62,191

6.5

25,270 27,827

50 50

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 56 54

49 49

7.7

9.43 11.64

152 172

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

34.2 30.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 2 1

Agricultural raw materials 3 2

Fuels 15 14

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 80 83

63 74

30 43

Ores and concentrates of base metals, n.e.s. (287) 19 18

Copper ores and concentrates; copper mattes; cement copper (283)

14 13

96

47/20/17/9/3

0.5983 0.5743

FOOD SECURITY

867 1,147

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

63

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

28,050 28,050

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 10 10

696 736

5.4

369 403

45 45

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 48 47

42 43

6.5

11.55 12.92

16,593 17,070

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

81.6 96.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items – –

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 99 99

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold – –

99 97

77 74

19 21

3 2

85

38/17/17/8/4

0.7990 0.7423

FOOD SECURITY

225 939

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

MIDDLE AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

64

GABON

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

267,670 267,670

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 19 20

1,556 1,633

4.3

587 641

46 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 31 29

45 48

6.0

10.43 12.57

6,703 7,521

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

39.0 36.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 1 1

Agricultural raw materials 12 10

Fuels 79 82

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 8 7

96 96

77 80

11 10

8 6

85

39/19/17/6/4

0.7357 0.7549

FOOD SECURITY

435 579

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 12 5

65

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

960 960

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 51 52

178 188

4.5

59 65

37 38

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 55 53

50 50

4.5

0.17 0.20

958 1,029

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

2.2 3.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 80 96

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 17 2

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 2 2

90 90

71 83

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 17 4

Fixed vegetable fats and oils, "soft", crude, 2 3

98

82/6/5/4/1

0.3751 0.6471

FOOD SECURITY

31 35

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 23 7

MIDDLE AFRICA

NORTHERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

68

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69

ALGERIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

2,381,740 2,381,740

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 17 17

37,063 38,482

2.7

11,207 11,968

17 18

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 28 27

53 53

3.3

116.63 126.80

3,147 3,234

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

33.9 32.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 0.4 0.5

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 99 99

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold – –

89 90

45 46

31 31

13 13

86

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0.5147 0.5408

FOOD SECURITY

6,331 9,870

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 8 5

NORTHERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

70

EGYPT

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,001,450 1,001,450

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 4 4

78,076 80,722

3.0

27,076 29,049

24 25

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 24 22

40 41

1.5

127.46 134.56

1,633 1,640

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

7.4 6.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 26 24

Agricultural raw materials 3 3

Fuels 57 58

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 14 14

51 54

18 28

Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous materials, crude (333) 17 14

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 16 12

60

30/12/7/6/5

0.2503 0.1537

FOOD SECURITY

4,916 8,918

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

71

LIBYA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,759,540 1,759,540

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 9 9

6,041 6,155

2.7

2,381 2,335

28 29

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 3 3

70 75

11.0

60.50 53.19

10,016 8,577

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

55.5 53.1

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items – –

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 99 99

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 1

96 96

82 84

7 7

7 5

91

72/9/5/3/2

0.7871 0.7967

FOOD SECURITY

1,790 4,066

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

NORTHERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

72

MOROCCO

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

446,550 446,550

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 67 68

31,642 32,521

2.4

11,375 11,948

27 28

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 26 24

48 50

3.6

75.52 84.38

2,387 2,556

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

6.5 7.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 59 52

Agricultural raw materials 4 4

Fuels 10 15

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 27 29

50 48

24 21

13 16

13 11

67

50/7/4/3/3

0.1753 0.1578

FOOD SECURITY

380 1,448

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 6 5

73

SUDAN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

n.a. 1,861,484

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 n.a. 7

n.a. 37,195

n.a. n.a.

n.a. 15,358

n.a. 29

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 n.a. 39

n.a. 41

n.a. -3.9

n.a. 32.69

n.a.

n.a.

n.a. 861

n.a. n.a.

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

n.a.

n.a. n.a.

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013 n.a. n.a.

All food items n.a. 9

Agricultural raw materials n.a. 2

Fuels n.a. 56

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold n.a. 32

n.a. 91

n.a. 55

n.a. 32

n.a. 4

n.a. 90

n.a. 44/32/7/4/3

n.a. 0.6840

FOOD SECURITY

n.a.

n.a. 1,443

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

NORTHERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

74

TUNISIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

163,610 163,610

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 61 65

10,632 10,875

2.10

3,801 4,007

27 27

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 21 20

33 32

3.3

40.29 42.55

3,790 3,870

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

8.5 10.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 35 35

Agricultural raw materials 2 2

Fuels 57 58

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 6 6

69 71

48 39

Fixed vegetable fats and oils, "soft", crude, 12 19

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334)

9 13

Five leading destination markets for commodity exports as a percentage of commodity exports, 92

60/15/11/5/1

0.2066 0.1493

FOOD SECURITY

554 777

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

SOUTHERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

76

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BOTSWANA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

581,730 581,730

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 44 46

1,969 2,004

2.9

1,036 1,091

46 46

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 31 30

56 57

4.1

12.12 13.87

6,153 6,865

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

29.1 42.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 7 2

Agricultural raw materials 1 -

Fuels 1 1

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 92 97

65 94

21 85

4 7

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen (011) 4 2

87

58/19/8/5/4

0.6465 0.7891

FOOD SECURITY

419 519

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 25 27

SOUTHERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

78

LESOTHO

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

30,360 30,360

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 77 75

2,009 2,052

3.4

894 947

46 46

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 40 39

66 65

5.0

1.77 2.00

879 964

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

13.6 17.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 10 10

Agricultural raw materials 5 5

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 85 85

95 92

85 84

Non-alcoholic beverages, n.e.s. (111) 6 4

Wool and other animal hair (including wool tops) (268) 4 4

99

57/35/7

0.3881 0.4653

FOOD SECURITY

505 611

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 16 12

79

NAMIBIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

824,290 824,290

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 47 47

2,179 2,259

3.4

929 1,008

46 46

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 29 27

44 43

4.7

8.88 10.24

4,074 4,445

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

24.9 27.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 35 32

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 2 2

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 62 66

52 61

Fishery products (03) 19 31

Pearls and precious or semiprecious stones, unworked or worked (667) 18 19

15 11

80

36/18/11/10/6

0.3208 0.2564

FOOD SECURITY

-110 -230

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 36 37

SOUTHERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

80

SOUTH AFRICA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,219,090 1,219,090

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 79 79

51,452 52,386

2.6

18,208 18,989

43 43

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 7 6

29 29

1.9

289.66 313.15

5,630 5,934

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

13.5 13.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 16 15

Agricultural raw materials 4 3

Fuels 16 16

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 65 65

42 43

20 16

11 15

11 12

73

30/18/10/9/6

0.1151 0.1718

FOOD SECURITY

-1,439 465

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

81

SWAZILAND

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

17,360 17,360

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 70 71

1,193 1,231

3.8

414 446

40 39

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 33 30

54 52

1.2

2.92 2.95

2,445 2,358

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

21.1 23.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 70 56

Agricultural raw materials 20 31

Fuels 3 2

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 7 11

73 69

45 31

19 30

Edible products and preparations, n.e.s. (098) 9 8

72

46/8/7/5/4

0.2253 0.2197

FOOD SECURITY

-138 -9

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 16 26

SOUTHERN AFRICA

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84

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85

BENIN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

112,620 114,760

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 30 33

9,510 10,051

5.3

3,616 3,971

48 48

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 44 41

41 41

4.6

5.23 5.97

550 578

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

17.2 16.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 37 32

Agricultural raw materials 27 26

Fuels 14 18

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 21 24

50 52

23 22

Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (057)

15 15

12 15

80

30/17/16/12/5

0.5875 0.2693

FOOD SECURITY

57 107

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 28 10

WESTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

86

BURKINA FASO

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

274,220 274,220

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 44 44

15,540 16,460

6.1

7,548 8,270

48 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 92 93

48 48

6.9

7.14 8.52

459 503

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

13.4 17.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 19 16

Agricultural raw materials 42 35

Fuels – 5

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 39 44

89 83

Cotton (263) 42 42

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 39 34

8 7

68

30/13/10/8/6

0.5233 0.5264

FOOD SECURITY

123 197

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 26 21

87

CABO VERDE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

4,030 4,030

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 19 19

488 494

2.6

224 243

38 39

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 14 13

41 39

4.3

1.41 1.61

2,898 3,237

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

1.6 2.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 97 95

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 2 5

97 97

94 92

Alcoholic beverages (112) 2 3

Ferrous waste, scrape; remelting ingots, iron, steel (282) 1 2

Five leading destination markets for commodity exports as a percentage of commodity exports, 98

87/4/4/2/1

0.3630 0.4653

FOOD SECURITY

158 153

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 16 10

WESTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

88

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

322,460 322,460

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 64 65

18,977 19,840

4.9

7,792 8,477

37 38

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 36 33

36 36

7.2

19.01 21.09

1,002 1,038

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

37.7 38.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 57 49

Agricultural raw materials 9 12

Fuels 31 34

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 3 5

70 65

42 33

15 18

13 14

76

38/21/8/5/4

0.3171 0.2991

FOOD SECURITY

-3,365 -2,588

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 11 15

89

GAMBIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

11,300 11,300

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 54 60

1,681 1,791

5.8

752 827

48 48

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 81 80

54 54

7.1

0.78 0.85

467 461

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

4.7 8.1

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 76 38

Agricultural raw materials 6 46

Fuels 1 2

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 17 14

62 73

Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (057) 34 44

Fixed vegetable fats and oils, "soft", crude, 15 21

Fishery products (03) 13 8

95

52/20/10/10/2

0.3608 0.2489

FOOD SECURITY

70 103

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 13 6

WESTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

90

GHANA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

238,540 238,540

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 65 69

24,263 25,366

4.2

10,372 11,286

48 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 59 58

44 44

7.5

23.31 31.11

961 1,201

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

21.3 28.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 67 42

Agricultural raw materials 6 3

Fuels 2 36

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 25 19

76 77

Cocoa (072) 54 34

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 16 30

Ores and concentrates of base metals, n.e.s. (287) 6 13

74

49/9/8/4/4

0.3201 0.3860

FOOD SECURITY

-2,808 -2,255

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 47 5

91

GUINEA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

245,860 245,860

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 58 59

10,876 11,451

5.4

4,090 4,466

45 45

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 94 92

50 50

4.2

3.22 3.62

296 308

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

24.7 20.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 7 6

Agricultural raw materials 2 2

Fuels 31 34

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 60 58

80 80

51 47

15 23

14 10

79

34/21/11/7/6

0.5793 0.4868

FOOD SECURITY

162 331

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 23 18

WESTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

92

GUINEA-BISSAU

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

36,130 36,130

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 45 58

1,587 1,664

5.3

649 699

47 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 69 67

45 46

2.2

0.69 0.72

435 424

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

12.7 18.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 96 96

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 2 3

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 –

97 99

94 95

2 3

1 1

100

92/3/3/2

0.5855 0.9365

FOOD SECURITY

-37 -82

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 23 18

93

LIBERIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

111,370 111,370

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 24 28

3,958 4,190

5.2

1,375 1,518

48 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 66 64

44 44

7.5

0.94 1.21

237 282

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

9.7 23.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 3 4

Agricultural raw materials 44 38

Fuels 34 14

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 19 44

77 75

Natural rubber and similar gums, in primary forms (231) 43 38

Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous materials, crude (333) 23 28

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 11 9

85

37/24/15/5/4

0.5625 0.3694

FOOD SECURITY

6 13

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 29 30

WESTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

94

MALI

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,240,190 1,240,190

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 33 34

13,986 14,854

6.8

4,296 4,754

35 35

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 71 69

37 37

3.5

6.99 7.34

500 480

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

18.4 20.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 8 8

Agricultural raw materials 23 39

Fuels 5 2

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 64 51

91 90

63 49

23 38

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 5 3

79

34/25/8/7/5

0.6345 0.5328

FOOD SECURITY

283 365

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 17 5

95

MAURITANIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,030,700 1,030,700

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 39 39

3,609 3,796

5.0

1,116 1,217

27 27

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 67 66

54 56

6.0

2.77 3.23

767 830

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

54.4 63.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 26 26

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 9 10

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 64 64

85 85

48 47

25 24

12 14

90

50/23/8/6/4

0.4719 0.4818

FOOD SECURITY

-1 42

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 15 7

WESTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

96

NIGER

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,267,000 1,267,000

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 35 35

15,894 17,157

7.6

5,114 5,709

31 31

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 83 82

36 37

6.2

4.33 5.22

273 293

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

13.7 14.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 48 15

Agricultural raw materials 2 3

Fuels 12 52

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 38 29

81 77

Live animals other than animals of division 03 (001) 36 44

33 28

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 12 5

92

51/25/8/5/4

0.5953 0.4690

FOOD SECURITY

80 427

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 28 11

97

NIGERIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

923,770 923,770

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 76 79

159,708 168,834

6.0

50,245 54,622

43 43

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 24 23

39 41

6.6

155.26 188.30

972 1,085

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

34.9 39.1

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 2 2

Agricultural raw materials 1 2

Fuels 96 95

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 1

95 94

85 79

6 10

4 5

76

35/16/12/8/5

0.9240 0.7722

FOOD SECURITY

3,157 6,628

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 21 6

WESTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

98

SENEGAL

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

196,720 196,710

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 48 47

12,951 13,726

5.1

5,384 5,900

44 44

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 71 71

47 48

4.4

10.37 11.46

801 811

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

10.9 12.1

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 45 49

Agricultural raw materials 2 2

Fuels 39 27

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 15 22

68 61

38 26

21 23

9 12

82

40/25/9/5/3

0.2323 0.1925

FOOD SECURITY

445 532

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 25 17

99

SIERRA LEONE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

71,740 72,300

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 54 57

5,752 5,979

5.2

2,262 2,436

51 50

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 59 57

62 62

12.6

2.13 3.37

370 553

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

9.4 28.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 20 5

Agricultural raw materials 4 1

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 75 94

65 90

Pearls and precious or semiprecious stones, unworked or worked (667) 34 68

17 12

Cocoa (072) 14 10

97

69/20/4/2/2

0.5335 0.4357

FOOD SECURITY

98 -191

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 43 26

WESTERN AFRICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

100

TOGO

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

56,790 56,790

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 65 71

6,306 6,643

4.9

2,938 3,194

51 50

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 44 42

41 42

4.7

2.46 2.86

390 420

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

19.1 19.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 40 26

Agricultural raw materials 18 11

Fuels 12 20

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 30 43

58 51

Cocoa (072) 27 20

Crude fertilizers (excluding those of division 56) (272) 17 17

Cotton (263) 14 14

80

22/19/14/14/10

0.2933 0.1837

FOOD SECURITY

40 1

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 38 15

CARIBBEAN

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

102

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103

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

440 440

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 20 21

87 89

2.2

38 39

42 44

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 21 21

25 25

1.5

1.01 1.02

11,602 11,353

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

0.5 1.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 46 24

Agricultural raw materials 5 4

Fuels 40 66

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 10 6

49 73

31 65

Margarine and shortening (091) 12 6

Coal, whether or not pulverized, not agglomerated (321) 6 2

86

52/12/11/6/5

0.5804 0.3786

FOOD SECURITY

59 46

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

CARIBBEAN

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

104

BAHAMAS

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

13,880 13,880

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 1 1

360 372

1.9

197 207

48 48

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 3 2

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1.6

7.46 7.90

20,697 20,925

n.a. n.a.

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COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.6 8.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 12 6

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 83 91

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 5 3

89 91

77 74

Fishery products (03) 6 10

6 7

80

30/22/17/6/5

0.2902 0.5716

FOOD SECURITY

74 171

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

105

BARBADOS

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

430 430

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 35 33

280 283

1.8

159 161

47 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 3 2

50 50

-0.7

4.05 4.07

14,440 14,309

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

3.4 4.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 61 63

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 34 29

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 4 7

51 50

24 21

18 21

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 9 8

91

52/14/12/9/4

0.1815 0.1791

FOOD SECURITY

243 178

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

CARIBBEAN

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

106

CUBA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

109,890 109,880

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 61 60

11,282 11,271

1.5

5,270 5,336

38 38

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 11 10

18 19

3.0

55.44 60.47

4,914 5,368

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

3.9 5.1

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 51 49

Agricultural raw materials 2 2

Fuels 8 16

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 39 33

71 61

32 24

23 23

16 14

87

36/32/15/2/2

0.3420 0.2461

FOOD SECURITY

594 335

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5.7

107

DOMINICA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

750 750

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 35 35

71 72

n.a.

31 32

42 41

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 19 19

17 17

-0.5

0.44 0.43

6,124 5,995

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

2.9 1.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 84 63

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 16 37

90 86

Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (057) 55 36

Vegetables (054) 20 33

Stone, sand and gravel (273) 15 17

96

44/40/7/2

0.3949 0.4097

FOOD SECURITY

38 46

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

CARIBBEAN

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

108

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

48,670 48,670

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 50 52

10,017 10,277

2.7

4,432 4,673

39 40

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 10 9

31 34

3.0

47.09 52.65

4,701 5,060

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

4.1 5.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 78 61

Agricultural raw materials 2 2

Fuels 4 9

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 16 27

42 43

Tobacco, manufactured (122) 17 17

Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (057) 16 14

Cocoa (072) 9 12

87

33/19/16/14/5

0.2247 0.1384

FOOD SECURITY

411 495

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 15 34

109

GRENADA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

340 340

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 32 32

105 105

2.3

46 46

39 41

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 20 20

22 22

1.5

0.67 0.67

6,355 6,330

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

1.7 2.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 74 78

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 25 22

59 63

26 28

Aluminium (684) 18 19

Fishery products (03) 15 16

97

42/25/17/11/2

0.2668 0.1928

FOOD SECURITY

59 69

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

CARIBBEAN

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

110

HAITI

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

27,750 27,750

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 67 64

9,896 10,174

3.6

4,163 4,456

47 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 55 53

25 24

4.0

3.95 4.46

399 432

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

1.1 1.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 75 74

Agricultural raw materials 10 8

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 15 18

54 55

24 29

Coffee and coffee substitutes (071) 17 14

Cocoa (072) 13 12

91

55/13/12/9/3

0.4580 0.5039

FOOD SECURITY

1,183 1,530

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 52 61

111

JAMAICA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

10,990 10,990

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 41 42

2,741 2,769

2.4

1,240 1,279

45 45

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 17 16

28 28

0.1

10.97 11.11

4,000 3,992

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

8.6 9.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 30 25

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 23 26

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 47 48

77 77

45 46

23 25

9 6

86

44/22/12/5/3

0.5436 0.4519

FOOD SECURITY

595 735

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 8 10

CARIBBEAN

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

112

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

260 260

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 22 23

52 54

n.a.

23 24

39 42

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 22 21

20 20

1.6

0.56 0.57

10,669 10,468

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

0.2 0.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 92 88

Agricultural raw materials 4 2

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 3 10

74 75

45 39

21 29

8 7

82

48/22/6/4/2

0.3636 0.2997

FOOD SECURITY

56 49

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

113

SAINT LUCIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

620 620

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 17 17

177 181

2.0

91 96

47 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 19 18

24 24

1.1

1.10 1.09

6,180 5,978

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

10.2 8.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 51 49

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 45 48

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 3 3

88 87

43 45

31 30

14 12

98

42/29/14/10/3

0.5086 0.3334

FOOD SECURITY

-27 -23

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

CARIBBEAN

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

114

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

390 390

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 26 26

109 109

2.1

54 55

41 41

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 20 20

27 27

2.1

0.59 0.61

5,391 5,566

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

1.4 3.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 91 91

Agricultural raw materials 5 –

Fuels 1 2

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 3 7

62 58

26 32

Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (057) 22 17

Vegetables (054) 14 9

97

88/3/3/2/1

0.3939 0.3104

FOOD SECURITY

34 59

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 21 6

115

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

5,130 5,130

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 11 11

1,328 1,337

1.8

701 716

43 43

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 7 6

17 18

1.6

18.77 19.06

14,137 14,208

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

35.4 37.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 4 3

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 93 94

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43 41

30 32

15 17

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FOOD SECURITY

422 874

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 13 9

CARIBBEAN

CENTRAL AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

118

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119

BELIZE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

22,970 22,970

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 7 7

309 324

2.9

131 144

37 38

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 24 23

3 3

1.6

1.28 1.59

4,140 4,790

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

22.9 33.6

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 67 75

Agricultural raw materials 1 2

Fuels 30 21

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 2 1

59 56

26 20

19 18

Wheat (including spelt) and meslin, unmilled (041) 14 18

86

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0.2817 0.3117

FOOD SECURITY

-87 -276

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 10 7

CENTRAL AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

120

COSTA RICA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

51,100 51,100

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 36 37

4,670 4,805

1.9

2,192 2,350

36 37

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 15 13

13 14

3.2

25.02 28.35

5,357 5,818

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

7.1 5.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 90 91

Agricultural raw materials 5 5

Fuels 2 –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 3 4

64 65

51 51

7 7

6 7

89

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0.2707 0.4631

FOOD SECURITY

-1,097 -664

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 6

121

EL SALVADOR

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

21,040 21,040

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 73 76

6,218 6,297

2.4

2,594 2,739

41 42

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 23 21

9 10

1.7

18.34 19.43

2,950 3,065

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.4 6.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 78 81

Agricultural raw materials 2 3

Fuels 7 8

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 12 8

42 43

21 18

11 16

Sugar, molasses and honey (061) 10 9

86

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FOOD SECURITY

480 449

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 16 14

CENTRAL AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

122

GUATEMALA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

108,890 108,890

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 40 41

14,342 15,083

4.2

5,680 6,284

38 38

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 36 35

10 10

3.4

32.57 36.13

2,271 2,336

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

11.7 11.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 78 77

Agricultural raw materials 7 7

Fuels 7 6

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 9 10

47 46

Sugar, molasses and honey (061) 16 17

Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (057) 16 15

Coffee and coffee substitutes (071) 15 14

80

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0.1843 0.1389

FOOD SECURITY

-1,913 -2,448

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 15 14

123

HONDURAS

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

112,490 112,490

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 29 29

7,621 7,936

3.3

2,988 3,284

34 35

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 22 20

21 21

2.6

11.65 12.89

1,528 1,592

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

18.0 23.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 77 77

Agricultural raw materials 3 2

Fuels 7 7

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 13 14

51 54

28 35

14 10

9 9

90

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0.2932 0.2240

FOOD SECURITY

-889 -1,675

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 23 12

CENTRAL AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

124

MEXICO

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,964,380 1,964,380

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 54 55

117,886 120,848

2.4

49,605 52,739

37 37

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 16 14

12 12

1.3

953.07 1’042.99

8,085 8,526

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

6.7 7.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 26 24

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 54 54

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 19 21

62 61

47 48

8 7

7 6

91

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0.1370 0.1576

FOOD SECURITY

1,624 1,399

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 7 5

125

NICARAGUA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

130,370 130,370

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 39 42

5,822 5,992

2.8

2,376 2,581

38 39

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 15 13

8 8

4.6

7.29 8.46

1,252 1,391

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

12.8 14.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 86 76

Agricultural raw materials 1 3

Fuels 1 1

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 12 19

47 49

Coffee and coffee substitutes (071) 21 17

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen (011) 16 17

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 10 15

89

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FOOD SECURITY

-276 -233

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 54 17

CENTRAL AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

126

PANAMA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

75,420 75,420

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 30 31

3,678 3,802

2.6

1,649 1,756

37 38

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 15 14

4 3

7.5

23.12 30.49

6,287 7,892

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

8.8 19.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 48 35

Agricultural raw materials 1 3

Fuels 39 49

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 12 13

54 49

Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous materials, crude (333) 22 29

17 12

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 15 8

79

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0.1728 0.1503

FOOD SECURITY

-542 -1,753

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 26 11

SOUTH AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

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ARGENTINA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

2,780,400 2,780,400

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 53 54

40,374 41,087

2.3

18,366 19,185

40 41

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 8 7

11 11

3.0

253.75 289.95

6,285 6,996

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

12.1 10.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 75 81

Agricultural raw materials 2 1

Fuels 13 8

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 10 9

41 43

21 23

11 10

9 10

61

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FOOD SECURITY

-29,229 -40,139

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

SOUTH AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

130

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,098,580 1,098,580

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 34 35

10,157 10,496

3.5

4,585 4,936

45 45

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 43 42

42 42

6.4

11.95 14.07

1,177 1,318

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

30.6 40.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 20 16

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 47 55

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 32 28

68 68

44 51

15 9

Ores and concentrates of precious metals; waste, scrap (289)

9 8

92

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0.1841 0.4788

FOOD SECURITY

-698 -1,197

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 38 20

131

BRAZIL

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

8,514,880 8,515,770

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 32 33

195,210 198,656

1.9

101,601 106,147

44 44

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 11 10

25 24

2.4

1,096.45 1,163.51

5,617 5,807

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.8 6.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 51 52

Agricultural raw materials 6 6

Fuels 15 14

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 27 28

41 45

19 21

Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous materials, crude (333) 12 13

10 11

69

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FOOD SECURITY

-48,774 -68,502

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 15 5

SOUTH AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

132

CHILE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

756,100 756,100

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 21 21

17,151 17,465

1.9

8,032 8,414

40 40

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 12 11

14 15

4.2

147.87 172.16

8,622 9,771

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

28.5 24.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 21 23

Agricultural raw materials 7 7

Fuels 1 1

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 71 69

70 68

42 36

21 25

7 7

79

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FOOD SECURITY

-7,785 -9,188

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 9 5

133

COLOMBIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,141,750 1,141,750

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 37 38

46,445 47,704

2.5

22,143 23,634

42 43

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 16 15

25 25

4.0

182.95 211.04

3,939 4,367

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

10.6 13.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 17 11

Agricultural raw materials 4 3

Fuels 70 79

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 9 7

68 78

39 55

20 14

9 9

80

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0.2946 0.4581

FOOD SECURITY

-997 638

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 22 11

SOUTH AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

134

ECUADOR

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

256,370 256,370

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 29 30

15,001 15,492

2.8

6,857 7,368

40 40

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 18 16

25 26

3.8

49.04 57.68

3,269 3,665

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

21.6 25.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 36 32

Agricultural raw materials 5 4

Fuels 58 62

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 3

79 82

53 58

Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (057) 15 14

Fishery products (03) 11 10

88

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0.4501 0.5254

FOOD SECURITY

-3,514 -5,196

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 19 11

135

GUYANA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

214,970 214,970

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 8 9

786 795

2.8

302 319

36 35

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 17 15

8 8

4.8

1.63 1.88

2,071 2,356

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

37.6 43.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 38 34

Agricultural raw materials 6 4

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 56 62

68 71

41 48

Rice (042) 14 12

Aluminium ores and concentrates (including alumina) (285) 13 11

82

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0.3274 0.4490

FOOD SECURITY

-113 -161

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 23 10

SOUTH AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

136

PARAGUAY

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

406,750 406,750

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 52 54

6,460 6,687

3.1

3,088 3,329

40 40

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 27 26

8 7

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11.15 12.99

1,726 1,909

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

29.2 26.6

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 80 76

Agricultural raw materials 4 2

Fuels 16 20

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 2

64 64

31 32

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen (011) 17 19

Electric current (351) 16 13

80

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0.3216 0.3411

FOOD SECURITY

-3,537 -4,788

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 20 11

137

PERU

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,285,220 1,285,220

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 19 19

29,263 29,988

2.6

15,481 16,399

45 45

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 24 23

31 32

5.2

112.19 134.17

3,834 4,417

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

19.1 18.6

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 18 18

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 10 14

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 70 67

54 53

26 23

18 21

Ores and concentrates of base metals, n.e.s. (287) 10 9

75

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0.2262 0.2283

FOOD SECURITY

-2,313 -2,755

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 32 9

SOUTH AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

138

SURINAME

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

163,820 163,820

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 1 1

525 535

2.4

204 214

37 38

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 16 15

24 24

3.9

2.73 3.10

5,192 5,744

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

22.6 47.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 12 10

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 15 10

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 72 79

86 88

49 56

22 22

15 10

81

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0.5102 0.5514

FOOD SECURITY

92 52

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 16 8

139

URUGUAY

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

176,220 176,220

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 86 87

3,372 3,395

2.1

1,708 1,751

44 45

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 11 11

14 15

4.5

22.99 26.60

6,818 7,808

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

13.4 12.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 82 86

Agricultural raw materials 13 11

Fuels 3 1

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 2 2

44 52

Meat of bovine animals, fresh, chilled or frozen (011) 22 24

13 20

9 8

77

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0.1705 0.2281

FOOD SECURITY

-3,016 -4,637

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 9 5

SOUTH AMERICA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

140

VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

912,050 912,050

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 24 25

29,043 29,955

2.6

13,463 14,464

39 40

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 5 5

6 6

1.2

174.55 194.22

6,010 6,388

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

15.5 20.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 1 2

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 95 95

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 4 3

96 94

72 73

22 20

2 1

88

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FOOD SECURITY

6,502 9,153

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 14 5

EASTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

142

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CHINA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

9,600,000 9,600,000

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 54 55

1,359,821 1,377,065

1.6

801,588 816,976

45 44

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 62 60

48 48

7.6

3,890.89 4,928.05

2,861 3,557

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

2.4 2.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 32 29

Agricultural raw materials 7 6

Fuels 25 23

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 36 42

38 41

17 18

13 14

8 9

62

26/13/11/9/4

0.0772 0.0968

FOOD SECURITY

30,715 60,215

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 24 11

EASTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

144

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

120,540 120,540

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 22 22

24,501 24,763

2.0

14,575 14,913

48 48

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 21 20

46 46

0.5

12.96 13.16

529 529

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

n.a. n.a.

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 10 7

Agricultural raw materials 4 2

Fuels 48 66

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 38 25

64 79

39 61

17 13

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 8 5

99

94/3/1/1

0.1084 0.3968

FOOD SECURITY

300 487

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 23 38

145

MONGOLIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,564,120 1,564,120

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 73 73

2,713 2,796

2.4

1,183 1,268

46 47

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 19 17

48 48

15.2

3.45 5.25

1,273 1,849

n.a. n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

42.7 38.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 2 1

Agricultural raw materials 7 7

Fuels 10 27

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 80 65

75 67

46 39

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 15 19

Ores and concentrates of base metals, n.e.s. (287) 14 9

99

91/4/2/1

0.3696 0.3726

FOOD SECURITY

317 683

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 30 22

EASTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

146

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

100,030 100,150

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 18 18

48,454 49,003

1.2

24,265 24,816

41 41

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 5 4

43 43

2.7

1,019.09 1,107.59

21,032 22,483

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.2 6.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 10 8

Agricultural raw materials 8 7

Fuels 59 68

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 24 17

68 74

55 65

7 5

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 6 4

69

29/16/11/7/6

0.1572 0.1482

FOOD SECURITY

13,018 18,782

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

SOUTHERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

148

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AFGHANISTAN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

652,860 652,860

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 58 58

28,398 29,825

6.3

8,270 9,303

15 16

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 73 71

32 33

7.0

10.39 12.81

366 419

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

1.3 1.6

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 55 43

Agricultural raw materials 32 34

Fuels 1 10

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 11 14

65 54

40 27

Cotton (263) 13 14

Crude vegetable materials, n.e.s. (292) 12 13

95

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0.3568 0.2775

FOOD SECURITY

592 1,735

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 30 25

SOUTHERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

150

BANGLADESH

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

148,460 148,460

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 62 70

151,126 154,695

2.4

72,274 77,358

40 40

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 44 41

51 52

6.0

88.15 106.30

583 679

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

1.2 1.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 60 63

Agricultural raw materials 25 21

Fuels 11 11

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 5 6

69 64

53 49

11 10

Tobacco, unmanufactured; tobacco refuse (121) 5 5

73

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0.3758 0.3632

FOOD SECURITY

4,213 5,814

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 33 17

151

BHUTAN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

38,390 38,390

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 14 14

717 742

2.6

365 398

42 42

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 85 85

34 35

8.2

1.29 1.58

1,797 2,100

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

17.6 11.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 10 22

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 65 42

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 25 36

79 62

63 40

11 12

Other crude minerals (278) 5 10

100

97/1/1

0.3203 0.3392

FOOD SECURITY

37 66

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

SOUTHERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

152

INDIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

3,287,260 3,287,260

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 55 60

1,205,625 1,236,687

2.7

472,580 498,687

25 25

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 57 56

32 33

4.9

1,251.82 1,441.48

1,038 1,151

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.6 7.6

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 19 24

Agricultural raw materials 4 7

Fuels 37 43

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 40 26

65 64

35 41

23 18

7 5

54

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0.1461 0.1839

FOOD SECURITY

-3,518 -15,817

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 24 15

153

IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,745,150 1,745,150

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 28 30

74,462 76,424

1.9

25,226 27,059

18 18

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 26 24

46 49

-1.0

264.28 264.50

3,549 3,415

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

19.5 13.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 4 4

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 90 88

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 5 7

89 86

82 80

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 5 3

2 3

85

37/19/12/11/7

0.7819 0.5854

FOOD SECURITY

4,715 5,671

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

SOUTHERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

154

MALDIVES

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

300 300

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 23 23

326 338

2.4

153 167

42 42

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 15 13

39 38

4.0

1.68 2.15

5,155 6,230

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

7.3 9.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 73 91

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 25 7

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 3 2

97 97

71 90

24 5

Ferrous waste, scrape; remelting ingots, iron, steel (282) 2 2

95

52/17/14/8/4

0.2827 0.7036

FOOD SECURITY

95 110

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 12 6

155

NEPAL

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

147,180 147,180

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 28 29

26,846 27,474

3.0

16,034 17,439

49 49

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 75 75

48 49

3.8

10.30 11.59

384 417

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

1.9 1.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 74 74

Agricultural raw materials 11 13

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 15 14

44 39

Vegetables (054) 25 14

Crude vegetable materials, n.e.s. (292) 10 14

Spices (075) 9 11

93

85/5/2/1/1

0.3235 0.1372

FOOD SECURITY

425 708

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 23 13

SOUTHERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

156

PAKISTAN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

796,100 796,100

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 33 35

173,149 179,160

3.7

59,739 65,157

21 21

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 41 40

30 32

3.6

139.22 154.21

804 847

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

2.9 2.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 67 74

Agricultural raw materials 8 11

Fuels 20 7

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 5 8

67 45

42 32

20 7

5 6

62

26/12/12/7/4

0.2147 0.1894

FOOD SECURITY

1,028 65

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 25 22

157

SRI LANKA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

65,610 65,610

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 40 43

20,759 21,098

2.3

8,607 8,865

32 33

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 47 46

37 37

6.7

33.25 40.86

1,602 1,921

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

6.2 5.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 73 76

Agricultural raw materials 10 8

Fuels – 1

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 17 15

65 65

45 44

14 12

Fishery products (03) 6 9

53

21/16/7/4/4

0.2313 0.2001

FOOD SECURITY

-371 -450

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 31 25

SOUTHERN ASIA

SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA

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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

5,770 5,770

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 2 3

401 412

2.1

195 206

42 42

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 1 –

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1.8

9.85 10.47

24,589 25,057

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

68.2 70.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items – –

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 100 100

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold – –

100 100

Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous materials, crude (333) 56 51

43 49

1 –

92

45/16/16/8/7

0.5906 0.6570

FOOD SECURITY

473 512

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

162

CAMBODIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

181,040 181,040

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 31 33

14,365 14,865

3.1

7,973 8,479

50 50

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 62 61

51 51

6.9

8.69 10.67

605 705

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.1 7.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 26 49

Agricultural raw materials 30 31

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 44 20

58 53

20 22

Stone, sand and gravel (273) 19 18

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 19 13

96

67/15/12/2/1

0.3626 0.3254

FOOD SECURITY

641 1,036

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 32 16

163

INDONESIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

1,910,930 1,910,930

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 29 31

240,677 246,864

2.5

118,023 123,441

38 38

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 42 40

39 40

5.7

377.90 451.85

1,570 1,808

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

13.5 13.6

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 27 28

Agricultural raw materials 9 9

Fuels 47 51

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 17 12

48 52

19 20

other than "soft" (422)

16 16

Natural gas, 13 16

79

21/21/18/10/9

0.1254 0.1569

FOOD SECURITY

-13,149 -17,351

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 20 9

SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

164

LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

236,800 236,800

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 10 11

6,396 6,646

3.5

3,169 3,414

50 49

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 75 74

52 52

8.0

3.99 5.02

624 742

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

18.4 19.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 11 9

Agricultural raw materials 20 24

Fuels 14 21

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 55 46

71 66

29 25

Copper ores and concentrates; copper mattes; cement copper (283) 24 21

Forestry products (24+25) 18 20

99

81/7/6/3/3

0.2958 0.2812

FOOD SECURITY

80 161

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 43 22

165

MALAYSIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

330,800 330,800

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 23 24

28,276 29,240

2.1

11,977 12,722

36 36

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 13 12

21 20

4.0

178.67 206.37

6,319 6,944

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

24.9 28.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 37 31

Agricultural raw materials 8 6

Fuels 49 55

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 7 8

55 58

21 21

19 20

Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous materials, crude (333)

15 17

73

27/19/16/6/6

0.2185 0.1720

FOOD SECURITY

-9,265 -10,721

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

166

MYANMAR

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

676,590 676,590

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 19 19

51,931 52,797

2.1

27,971 29,157

49 49

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 67 66

48 48

5.3

20.29 24.06

391 452

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

16.6 15.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 23 22

Agricultural raw materials 16 15

Fuels 42 43

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 18 21

71 72

41 42

16 18

14 12

97

71/20/3/2/1

0.2635 0.4040

FOOD SECURITY

-1,008 -805

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 63 17

167

PHILIPPINES

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

300,000 300,000

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 41 42

93,444 96,707

3.3

38,719 41,664

39 39

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 35 33

24 24

7.0

131.14 155.33

1,403 1,579

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

3.6 4.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 51 48

Agricultural raw materials 4 5

Fuels 14 16

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 31 32

36 29

than "soft" (422) 14 11

Copper (682) 13 9

9 9

81

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FOOD SECURITY

2,513 1,531

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 26 12

SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

168

SINGAPORE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

710 710

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 1 1

5,079 5,303

1.3

2,809 2,948

42 42

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013

– –

3.0

172.10 188.87

33,885 34,900

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

30.3 32.6

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 10 10

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels 77 80

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 12 8

82 83

75 78

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 5 3

Alcoholic beverages (112) 2 2

83

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0.2697 0.2707

FOOD SECURITY

2,644 3,522

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

169

THAILAND

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

513,120 513,120

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 41 43

66,402 66,785

1.5

39,404 40,446

46 46

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 49 46

45 45

3.0

225.69 248.27

3,399 3,705

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

16.2 16.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 47 45

Agricultural raw materials 16 17

Fuels 17 22

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 19 16

39 41

14 17

Fishery products (03) 13 13

Natural rubber and similar gums, in primary forms (231) 12 11

76

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0.1085 0.0791

FOOD SECURITY

-15,722 -17,292

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 36 7

SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

170

TIMOR-LESTE

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

14,870 14,870

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 25 26

1,079 1,114

6.5

343 383

33 33

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 80 79

45 45

9.7

2.96 3.83

2,739 3,381

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

0.3 0.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 18 2

Agricultural raw materials 1 –

Fuels 80 98

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold – –

97 100

52 94

Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous materials, crude (333) 28 4

17 2

100

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FOOD SECURITY

73 210

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 45 29

171

VIET NAM

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

330,951 330,960

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 33 35

89,047 90,796

1.9

51,687 54,264

49 48

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 57 56

49 49

5.2

78.28 92.08

879 1,004

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

22.0 24.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 53 53

Agricultural raw materials 9 11

Fuels 34 33

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 4 3

54 52

23 24

19 19

12 9

74

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0.2444 0.1274

FOOD SECURITY

-6,472 -10,988

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 46 13

SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA

WESTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

174

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BAHRAIN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

760 760

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 11 11

1,252 1,318

2.2

711 769

19 20

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 1 1

– –

3.9

20.93 22.95

16,722 17,231

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

42.0 48.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 5 5

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 49 55

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 46 40

83 82

41 46

31 23

11 13

62

27/13/7/7/7

0.4289 0.3565

FOOD SECURITY

976 656

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

WESTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

176

IRAQ

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

435,240 435,240

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 18 18

30,962 32,778

4.4

7,452 8,394

18 18

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 6 5

51 52

7.8

48.36 61.38

1,562 1,818

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

39.6 58.3

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items – –

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 99 99

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 –

99 100

98 99

0.9 0.8

0.4 0.2

85

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0.9553 0.9805

FOOD SECURITY

11,210 14,180

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 8 24

177

JORDAN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

89,320 89,320

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 11 12

6,455 7,009

3.6

1,589 1,795

18 18

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 7 6

61 64

2.9

17.03 18.46

2,639 2,537

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

7.1 7.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 53 57

Agricultural raw materials 1 3

Fuels 3 2

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 43 38

56 53

25 27

19 18

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 11 8

91

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0.1612 0.1564

FOOD SECURITY

1,497 2,316

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 6 5

WESTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

178

KUWAIT

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

17,820 17,820

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 9 9

2,992 3,250

2.7

1,357 1,478

24 24

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 1 1

– –

3.2

85.60 98.68

28,615 29,295

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

47.4 56.1

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items – –

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 99 99

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 1

98 99

74 79

18 16

6 4

76

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0.6394 0.7190

FOOD SECURITY

3,463 4,731

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 40 5

179

LEBANON

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

10,450 10,450

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 61 72

4,341 4,647

1.6

1,454 1,530

25 26

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 2 2

32 33

2.0

29.97 31.53

6,904 6,538

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.4 6.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 34 34

Agricultural raw materials 3 2

Fuels 1 8

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 62 56

54 46

33 26

11 11

Ferrous waste, scrape; remelting ingots, iron, steel (282) 9 9

85

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0.1257 0.1174

FOOD SECURITY

1,876 2,290

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

WESTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

180

OMAN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

309,500 309,500

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 5 5

2,803 3,314

2.9

1,216 1,337

18 18

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 26 24

7 7

4.3

42.95 47.18

15,324 12,989

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

48.0 54.1

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 4 4

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 92 89

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 5 7

91 89

71 62

15 18

5 9

84

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FOOD SECURITY

1,180 1,497

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

181

QATAR

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

11,610 11,610

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 6 6

1,750 2,051

2.2

1,315 1,446

12 12

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 1 1

– –

4.8

101.94 128.21

58,259 59,119

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

46.7 64.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items – –

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 99 99

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 1

92 91

Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous materials, crude (333) 46 48

38 35

8 8

84

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0.6034 0.5216

FOOD SECURITY

1,759 2,798

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

WESTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

182

SAUDI ARABIA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

2,149,690 2,149,690

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 81 81

27,258 28,288

3.0

9,557 10,385

15 16

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 5 4

6 5

4.0

435.99 517.53

15,995 17,952

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

39.4 46.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 2 1

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 98 98

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 1

97 97

87 89

8 6

3 2

74

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FOOD SECURITY

10,561 20,030

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

183

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

185,180 185,180

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 75 76

21,533 21,890

3.2

5,452 5,993

15 16

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 25 22

61 63

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36.08 30.51

1,676 1,393

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

13.5 4.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 42 66

Agricultural raw materials 2 2

Fuels 52 29

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 4 4

60 44

Petroleum oils, oils from bituminous materials, crude (333) 40 21

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 12 13

Vegetables (054) 8 10

97

85/7/2/2/1

0.6279 0.1495

FOOD SECURITY

-104 -9

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

WESTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

184

TURKEY

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

783,560 783,560

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 50 50

72,138 73,997

2.2

26,531 27,866

29 29

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 30 28

53 54

3.5

565.10 650.00

7,834 8,674

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

3.4 4.7

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 48 42

Agricultural raw materials 2 2

Fuels 18 18

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 32 38

44 49

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 16 22

Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates) (971) 14 17

14 10

75

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0.0981 0.0690

FOOD SECURITY

-4,471 -5,270

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

185

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

83,600 83,600

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 5 5

8,442 9,206

2.0

4,927 5,387

15 15

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 3 3

– –

3.7

229.85 204.45

24,219 24,593

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

49.6 72.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 6 5

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 69 75

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 25 20

77 73

57 51

11 11

Pearls and precious or semiprecious stones, unworked or worked (667)

9 11

70

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0.5344 0.4230

FOOD SECURITY

4,865 6,230

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 5 5

WESTERN ASIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

186

YEMEN

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

527,970 527,970

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 45 45

22,763 23,852

4.9

6,459 7,313

26 26

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 36 33

40 41

3.0

23.60 21.64

1,037 886

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

23.2 22.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 8 8

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 88 89

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 4 2

87 88

72 52

8 29

7 7

84

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0.8487 0.5661

FOOD SECURITY

2,148 3,038

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 29 26

OCEANIA

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FIJI

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

18,270 18,270

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 23 23

861 875

2.8

365 376

32 33

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 35 34

21 22

2.1

3.02 3.19

3,508 3,622

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

18.6 22.6

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 68 58

Agricultural raw materials 7 6

Fuels 15 24

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 10 11

52 56

Fishery products (03) 23 24

Petroleum oils or bituminous minerals > 70 % oil (334) 15 20

Sugar, molasses and honey (061) 14 12

81

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0.2462 0.2567

FOOD SECURITY

-71 -73

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 7 5

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190

KIRIBATI

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

810 810

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 42 42

98 101

3.2

48 51

42 43

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 23 22

27 27

3.0

0.11 0.12

1,134 1,186

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

3.0 3.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 98 99

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 –

97 99

90 91

6 6

Ores and concentrates of precious metals; waste, scrap (289)

1 2

95

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0.5727 0.8743

FOOD SECURITY

17 18

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 8 5

191

MARSHALL ISLANDS

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

180 180

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 72 72

52 53

n.a.

26 26

42 42

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 23 23

33 33

2.3

0.15 0.16

2,867 3,001

n.a. n.a.

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COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

3.4 6.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 70 86

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels 28 13

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 2 1

94 96

65 82

27 12

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83

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FOOD SECURITY

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Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

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MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

700 700

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 31 31

103 104

3.6

51 51

41 41

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 24 22

25 25

1.0

0.25 0.26

2,378 2,488

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

9.2 9.9

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 99 98

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold – 1

100 99

99 98

Crude animal materials, n.e.s. (291) 0.3 0.6

0.2 0.6

96

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0.7162 0.9651

FOOD SECURITY

25 37

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

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NAURU

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

20 20

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 20 20

10 10

n.a.

5 5

40 40

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 20 20

– –

4.0

0.04 0.06

4,060 5,784

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

54.9 65.6

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 2 1

Agricultural raw materials 1 –

Fuels 6 –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 91 99

98 100

91 98

Residual petroleum products, n.e.s., related materials (335) 6 0.8

1 0.7

99

41/20/18/15/5

0.7589 0.9363

FOOD SECURITY

3 11

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

OCEANIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

194

PALAU

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

460 460

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 11 11

20 21

n.a.

10 10

40 40

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 20 20

50 50

2.0

0.17 0.17

8,161 8,080

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

2.8 3.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 97 97

Agricultural raw materials – –

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 3 2

99 98

96 96

2 0.8

Alcoholic beverages (112) 1 0.8

100

95/2/1/1/1

0.5324 0.9204

FOOD SECURITY

9 31

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

195

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

462,840 462,840

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 2 3

6,859 7,167

4.1

3,025 3,285

48 48

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 70 68

56 56

4.0

6.49 8.20

947 1,120

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

55.8 37.0

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 19 19

Agricultural raw materials 8 9

Fuels 16 19

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 57 53

67 54

31 25

22 15

14 14

87

46/15/14/9/3

0.3534 0.3162

FOOD SECURITY

-156 -492

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

OCEANIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

196

SAMOA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

2,840 2,840

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 12 12

186 189

4.5

69 71

34 34

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 26 25

33 33

2.4

0.45 0.47

2,413 2,462

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

3.4 3.8

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 92 94

Agricultural raw materials 1 1

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 7 5

74 75

Fishery products (03) 40 43

Alcoholic beverages (112) 21 26

Vegetables (054) 13 6

87

65/6/6/5/5

0.6672 0.2667

FOOD SECURITY

50 65

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 11 5

197

SOLOMON ISLANDS

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

28,900 28,900

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 4 4

526 550

4.4

217 238

38 39

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 70 69

46 47

4.5

0.52 0.63

985 1,121

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

23.7 38.1

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 25 18

Agricultural raw materials 74 67

Fuels – –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 1 15

91 89

74 66

Fishery products (03) 10 14

7 9

90

60/15/10/2/2

0.5773 0.6209

FOOD SECURITY

21 3

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 25 13

OCEANIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

198

TONGA

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

750 750

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 41 43

104 105

4.0

42 42

43 43

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 26 26

45 36

1.3

0.27 0.28

2,601 2,702

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

1.8 2.4

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 90 79

Agricultural raw materials 6 12

Fuels 2 –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 2 9

81 76

Fishery products (03) 53 41

Vegetables (054) 23 26

Fruits and nuts (excluding oil nuts), fresh or dried (057) 5 9

84

21/21/15/15/12

0.4049 0.2825

FOOD SECURITY

41 48

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

199

TUVALU

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

30 30

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 60 60

10 10

n.a.

4 4

50 50

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 25 25

– –

1.3

0.03 0.03

2,597 2,670

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

0.3 0.5

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 61 94

Agricultural raw materials 14 2

Fuels 2 –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold 23 3

78 99

49 94

20 3

Crude vegetable materials, n.e.s. (292) 9 2

100

59/14/7/7/6

0.1509 0.6762

FOOD SECURITY

2 2

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 n.a. n.a.

OCEANIA

THE STATE OF COMMODITY DEPENDENCE 2014

200

VANUATU

GENERAL INFORMATION PAST PRESENT

12,190 12,190

Agricultural area as a percentage of country area, 2010 and 2012 15 15

236 247

3.6

105 114

43 43

Labour force in agriculture as a percentage of total labour force, 2010 and 2013 36 35

47 45

4.0

0.50 0.54

2,125 2,137

n.a. n.a.

n.a.

COMMODITY EXPORT DEPENDENCE

5.5 4.2

Direction of commodity export dependence, 1995-2013

All food items 96 96

Agricultural raw materials 3 3

Fuels 1 –

Ores, metals, precious stones and non-monetary gold – –

91 94

87 90

(422) 2 2

Crude vegetable materials, n.e.s. (292) 2 2

92

67/20/4/2/1

0.4972 0.8371

FOOD SECURITY

-6 8

Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption, 1991 and 2013 11 7

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