Denmark - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Denmark was 12.69 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.43 in 1962 and a minimum value of 10.01 in 1975.

Definition: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1962 16.43
1963 16.19
1964 15.72
1965 15.45
1966 14.78
1967 13.54
1968 12.11
1969 10.48
1970 11.26
1971 11.44
1972 11.54
1973 11.44
1974 10.37
1975 10.01
1976 10.83
1977 12.76
1978 12.49
1979 11.40
1980 11.46
1981 12.29
1982 11.56
1983 12.07
1984 12.08
1985 11.02
1986 11.68
1987 12.42
1988 12.60
1989 12.38
1990 11.95
1991 12.40
1992 13.18
1993 13.52
1994 12.55
1995 12.05
1996 12.32
1997 12.63
1998 12.32
1999 12.18
2000 11.36
2001 11.62
2002 11.73
2003 12.29
2004 11.85
2005 11.59
2006 11.33
2007 11.43
2008 11.98
2009 13.19
2010 13.45
2011 13.26
2012 13.68
2013 13.70
2014 13.68
2015 13.95
2016 14.09
2017 13.82
2018 13.54
2019 13.99
2020 14.12
2021 12.69

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports