INDICATORS | Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso |
Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde |
Central Afr Rep |
Chad |
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of total) | ||||||||||
1990 | .... | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 280.28 | ... | ... | ... |
1999 | ... | ... | 311.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Exports of goods and services as % of GDP | ||||||||||
1990 | 23.3 | 38.9 | 14.3 | 55.4 | 12.7 | 7.9 | 20.2 | 12.7 | 14.8 | 13.5 |
1999 | 27.6 | ... | 16.7 | 27.5 | 11.3 | 8.8 | 24.4 | 23.2 | 16.9 | 17.0 |
Major agricultural exports (year) | Dates | Coffee | Cotton Lint | Beef | Cotton Lint | Coffee | Cocoa Bean | Apples | Cotton Lint | Cotton Lint |
Pastry | Hides Cattle | Cottonseed | Food Preprd | Cattle | Tea | Coffee | Cr Org Mat | Coffee | Cattle | |
% of total exports | 0.15 | 0.10 | 32.71 | 2.98 | 38.96 | 74.65 | 5.36 | 0.73 | 11.21 | 37.28 |
0.05 | 0.03 | 3.69 | 0.32 | 4.09 | 13.59 | 3.60 | 0.27 | 9.24 | 8.46 | |
Major African export destination | Morocco | ... | Morocco | ... | ... | South Africa | Gabon | Guinea Bissau | ... | ... |
Tunisia | Niger | Rwanda | Equatorial Guinea | . | ||||||
% | 5.09 | ... | 4.58 | ... | ... | 1.64 | 4.24 | 5.75 | ... | ... |
3.67 | 1.00 | 0.77 | 2.04 | |||||||
Structure of imports | ||||||||||
Total imports ($ millions) | ||||||||||
1990 | 9843 | 1578 | 266 | 1948 | 537 | 235 | 1564 | 136 | 155 | 361 |
1999 | 9169 | 2120 | 818 | 2198 | 568 | 118 | 1352 | 262 | 160 | 318 |
Food imports (% of total) | ||||||||||
1990 | 2101 | 353 | 91 | 167 | 75 | 21 | 212 | 35 | 35 | 27 |
1999 | 2056 | 275 | 125 | 293 | 100 | 13 | 115 | 59 | 25 | 27 |
Agricultural raw materials imports (% of total) | ||||||||||
1990 | 485.6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
1999 | 294.0 | ... | 32.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP | ||||||||||
1990 | 25.1 | 20.9 | 26.3 | 50.1 | 25.6 | 27.8 | 17.3 | 43.7 | 27.6 | 29.0 |
1999 | 23.3 | ... | 28.0 | 33.1 | 29.4 | 18.3 | 24.9 | 50.3 | 24.0 | 30.4 |
Major agricultural imports (year) | ||||||||||
Wheat | Wine | Mill.Pad.Rice | Sugar(Raw) | Rice, Broken | Malt,Barley | Mill.Pad.Rice | Maize | Flour, Wheat | Sugar Ref | |
Dry CowMilk | Flour, Wheat | Sugar Ref | Food Preprd | Kolanuts | Flour, Wheat | Malt,Barley | Mill.Pad.Rice | Cattle | Flour, Wheat | |
% of total imports | ||||||||||
6.94 | 2.48 | 3.91 | 1.25 | 5.62 | 6.08 | 1.45 | 3.26 | 3.32 | 3.28 | |
2.48 | 1.93 | 1.88 | 1.15 | 1.42 | 2.35 | 1.29 | 2.51 | 2.89 | 3.21 | |
Major African import source | Côte d'Ivoire | ... | Côte d'Ivoire | ... | ... | Zambia | Senegal | South Afr | ... | ... |
Madagascar | Senegal | Tanzania | South Afr | Côte d'Ivoire | ||||||
% | 2.93 | ... | 4.62 | ... | ... | 14.97 | 9.75 | 4.02 | ... | ... |
0.56 | 2.08 | 7.36 | 5.14 | 2.13 |
INDICATORS | Comoros | Congo Dem. Rep. |
Congo Rep. |
Cote d'Ivoire |
Djibouti | Egypt. | Equatorial Guinea |
Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia |
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 258.5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
1999 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 284.72 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.08 |
Exports of goods and services as % of GDP | |||||||||||
1990 | 14.3 | 29.5 | 53.7 | 31.7 | ... | 20.0 | 32.2 | ... | 7.8 | 46.0 | 59.9 |
1999 | 26.1 | ... | 77.9 | 44.3 | ... | 16.0 | 102.3 | 10.2 | 13.9 | 45.1 | 50.5 |
Major agricultural exports (year) | Vanilla | Coffee | Sugar(raw) | Cocoa Bean | Cattle | Cotton Lint | Cocoa Bean | Sesame | Coffee | Rubber | Groundnuts |
Cloves | Cr Org Mat | Cocoa Beans | Coffee | Sugar(raw) | Mill.Pad.Rice | Cocoa Husk | Sheep | Skin, Sheep | Oil of Palm | GroundnutOil | |
% of total exports | 33.89 | 10.22 | 3.44 | 35.51 | 17.60 | 3.40 | 1.76 | 3.57 | 61.56 | 0.25 | 20.15 |
14.29 | 2.15 | 0.05 | 6.63 | 6.00 | 1.97 | 0.01 | 2.97 | 8.10 | 0.15 | 8.03 | |
Major African export destination | Kenya | ... | ... | Niger | ... | Libya | ... | ... | Djibouti | ... | Guinea |
Tanzania | Burkina Faso | Sudan | Egypt | Ghana | |||||||
% | 0.01 | ... | ... | 1.30 | ... | 1.48 | ... | ... | 9.83 | ... | 3.42 |
0.01 | 1.17 | 1.61 | 2.12 | 2.91 | |||||||
Structure of imports | |||||||||||
Total imports ($ millions) | |||||||||||
1990 | 52 | 897 | 600 | 2104 | 215 | 9202 | 52 | ... | ... | 775 | 182 |
1999 | 54 | 489 | 820 | 4290 | 270 | 16969 | 28 | 507 | 1317 | 1335 | 193 |
Food imports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | 16 | 220 | 67 | 353 | 50 | 2501 | 8 | ... | ... | 85 | 45 |
1999 | 27 | 132 | 95 | 397 | 89 | 2819 | 10 | 27 | 151 | 102 | 114 |
Agricultural raw materials imports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 645.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
1999 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 640.9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.8 |
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP | |||||||||||
1990 | 37.1 | 29.2 | 45.8 | 27.1 | ... | 32.7 | 69.6 | ... | 12.4 | 30.9 | 71.6 |
1999 | 40.6 | ... | 70.5 | 37.5 | ... | 24.4 | 85.9 | 78.8 | 29.2 | 38.3 | 66.6 |
Major agricultural imports (year) | |||||||||||
Mill.Pad.Rice | Flour, Wheat | Wheat | Mill.Pad.Rice | CruOrgMat | Wheat | ChickenMeat | Wheat | Wheat | ChickenMeat | Sugar Ref | |
ChickenMeat | Mill.Pad.Rice | Flour, Wheat | Cattle | Oil of Palm | Maize | Flour, Wheat | Cereals nes | Sugar Ref | Food Preprd | SoyBean,Oil | |
% of total imports | |||||||||||
15.71 | 6.26 | 1.72 | 2.94 | 6.54 | 4.30 | 7.77 | 4.31 | 5.01 | 0.82 | 10.86 | |
5.16 | 4.59 | 1.64 | 1.24 | 5.88 | 2.35 | 4.89 | 1.08 | 0.76 | 0.67 | 8.34 | |
Major African import source | South Afr | ... | ... | Mauritania | ... | Kenya | ... | ... | Djibouti | ... | Côte d'Ivoire |
Mauritius | Senegal | Sudan | South Afr | Senegal | |||||||
% | 14.37 | ... | ... | 3.98 | ... | 2.03 | ... | ... | 1.94 | ... | 4.82 |
0.84 | 2.68 | 0.54 | 0.90 | 1.74 |
INDICATORS | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea -Bissau |
Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania |
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | 134.55 | ... | ... | 61.86 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.34 | 222.58 | ... |
1999 | 200.2 | 8.8 | ... | 148 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 503.84 | ... |
Exports of goods and services as % of GDP | |||||||||||
1990 | 16.9 | 30.9 | 9.9 | 25.9 | 16.6 | ... | ... | 16.6 | 24.8 | 17.1 | 45.6 |
1999 | 33.5 | 21.4 | 25.6 | 24.4 | ... | ... | ... | 24.8 | 27.1 | 24.9 | 38.6 |
Major agricultural exports (year) | Cocoa Bean | Coffee | Cashew Nut | Tea | Wool,Greasy | Rubber | Skin, Sheep | Coffee | Tobacco | Cotton Lint | Cattle |
Cocoa Butter | Cattle | Cotton Lint | Coffee | FoodWaste | Cocoa Bean | Onions, Dry | Cloves | Tea | Cattle | Sheep | |
% of total exports | 24.08 | 2.73 | 47.80 | 25.73 | 1.99 | 8.93 | 0.23 | 11.95 | 58.80 | 29.54 | 3.87 |
3.02 | 1.25 | 3.05 | 12.00 | 0.59 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 5.21 | 7.36 | 11.35 | 2.01 | |
Major African export destination | Burkina Faso | Liberia | ... | Egypt | ... | ... | Tunisia | Mauritius | ... | Côte d'Ivoire | ... |
Niger | Morocco | Tanzania | Egypt | Algeria | Senegal | ||||||
% | 1.48 | 10.69 | ... | 6.78 | ... | ... | 36.73 | 3.26 | ... | 63.35 | ... |
1.37 | 5.42 | 5.73 | 4.13 | 1.69 | 29.58 | ||||||
Structure of imports | |||||||||||
Total imports ($ millions) | |||||||||||
1990 | 1205 | 723 | 78 | 2240 | 700 | 220 | 5336 | 569 | 578 | 619 | 232 |
1999 | 3030 | 1090 | 69 | 2914 | 799 | 400 | 6200 | 550 | 664 | 798 | 240 |
Food imports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | 156 | 104 | 19 | 187 | 112 | 47 | 1000 | 66 | 68 | 87 | 105 |
1999 | 282 | 113 | 24 | 288 | 139 | 60 | 737 | 64 | 38 | 75 | 173 |
Agricultural raw materials imports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | 12.1 | ... | ... | 63.8 | ... | ... | 106.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.2 | ... |
1999 | 105.2 | ... | ... | 85.5 | ... | ... | 58.5 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 7.5 | ... |
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP | |||||||||||
1990 | 25.9 | 30.6 | 37.0 | 31.2 | 121.1 | ... | ... | 27.3 | 34.9 | 33.7 | 60.7 |
1999 | 50.5 | 23.5 | 44.0 | 31.1 | ... | ... | ... | 32.7 | 42.5 | 36.0 | 49.2 |
Major agricultural imports (year) | |||||||||||
Cattle | Mill.Pad.Rice | Mill.Pad.Rice | Oil of Palm | Flour,Maize | Wheat | Flour, Wheat | Mill.Pad.Rice | Maize | Mill.Pad.Rice | Wheat | |
Wheat | Sugar Ref | Beer,Barley | Maize | Maize | Maize | Oil of Maize | SoyBean,Oil | Flour, Wheat | Sugar Ref | Sugar(Raw) | |
% of total imports | |||||||||||
2.21 | 3.76 | 19.20 | 3.82 | 2.75 | 1.78 | 2.56 | 3.11 | 4.58 | 1.97 | 24.67 | |
1.96 | 2.88 | 2.92 | 3.37 | 2.07 | 1.48 | 1.47 | 1.91 | 1.45 | 1.71 | 11.81 | |
Major African import source | South Afr | South Afr | ... | South Afr | ... | ... | Tunisia | South Afr | South Afr | Côte d'Ivoire | ... |
Ghana | Côte d'Ivoire | Zimbabawe | Morocco | Mauritius | Zimbabwe | Senegal | |||||
% | 4.99 | 1.69 | ... | 48.89 | ... | ... | 3.96 | 9.38 | 39.95 | 23.23 | ... |
0.56 | 1.49 | 11.94 | 1.59 | 2.25 | 33.49 | 2.08 |
INDICATORS | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Sao Tome &Principe |
Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone |
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | 11.94 | 127.95 | ... | ... | ... | 136.7 | ... | ... | 22.83 | ... | ... |
1999 | ... | 220.5 | ... | ... | 2.76 | ... | ... | ... | 30.3 | ... | ... |
Exports of goods and services as % of GDP | |||||||||||
1990 | 65.2 | 26.5 | 8.2 | 52.1 | 15.0 | 43.4 | 5.6 | 14.5 | 25.4 | 62.5 | 24.0 |
1999 | 63.8 | 30.1 | 11.7 | 52.7 | 16.0 | 36.5 | 5.6 | 35.0 | 32.7 | 70.9 | 13.9 |
Major agricultural exports (year) | Sugar(raw) | Oranges | Cotton Lint | Beef | Cigarettes | Cocoa Bean | Coffee | Cocoa Bean | GroundnutOil | Cinnamon | ... |
Live Animals | Tang.Mand. | Cáshew Nut | Cattle | Cattle | Rubber | Tea | Coffee | Cotton Lint | Beverages | ... | |
% of total exports | 20.46 | 2.08 | 5.85 | 4.94 | 8.58 | 1.78 | 42.59 | 68.80 | 3.43 | 0.45 | ... |
0.47 | 2.01 | 5.77 | 3.11 | 6.15 | 0.74 | 23.03 | 1.00 | 1.62 | 0.41 | ... | |
Major African export destination | Madagascar | Libya | South Africa | ... | Nigeria | Chad | ... | ... | Mauritania | ... | ... |
Malawi | Tunisia | Malawi | Benin | Côte d'Ivoire | |||||||
% | 0.99 | 3.10 | 69.45 | ... | 31.32 | 0.23 | ... | ... | 5.52 | ... | ... |
0.35 | 1.41 | 24.49 | 0.15 | 3.40 | |||||||
Structure of imports | |||||||||||
Total imports ($ millions) | |||||||||||
1990 | 1609 | 6926 | 878 | 1164 | 390 | 5715 | 285 | 27 | 1296 | 187 | 155 |
1999 | 2185 | 10809 | 1161 | 1504 | 397 | 14142 | 229 | 20 | 1460 | 434 | 140 |
Food imports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | 162 | 514 | 191 | 107 | 97 | 478 | 42 | 6 | 377 | 24 | 96 |
1999 | 246 | 1115 | 162 | 102 | 111 | 1319 | 66 | 5 | 444 | 42 | 122 |
Agricultural raw materials imports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | 48.5 | 408.0 | ... | ... | ... | 56.3 | ... | ... | 24.4 | ... | ... |
1999 | 42.8 | 636.6 | ... | ... | 15.8 | 103.7 | ... | ... | 30.6 | ... | ... |
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP | |||||||||||
1990 | 72.5 | 32.4 | 36.1 | 67.7 | 22.0 | 28.8 | 14.1 | 72.5 | 30.3 | 66.7 | 25.1 |
1999 | 68.9 | 34.2 | 37.6 | 63.5 | 22.4 | 42.3 | 21.1 | 84.3 | 39.1 | 88.5 | 20.2 |
Major agricultural imports (year) | |||||||||||
DryCow Milk | Wheat | Wheat | Fruit Fresh | Mill.Pad.Rice | Mill.Pad.Rice | Maize | Flour, Wheat | Mill.Pad.Rice | Mill.Pad.Rice | Mill.Pad.Rice | |
Mill.Pad.Rice | Sugar(Raw) | Sugar Ref | Maize | Sugar Ref | Sugar Ref | Oil of Palm | Mill.Pad.Rice | Oil,SoyaBean | Oil of Olive | Cattle | |
% of total imports | |||||||||||
1.21 | 3.74 | 3.16 | 1.61 | 6.06 | 2.16 | 6.40 | 6.02 | 9.78 | 1.23 | 52.50 | |
1.11 | 1.45 | 2.81 | 1.31 | 4.13 | 1.89 | 4.40 | 4.93 | 3.75 | 0.94 | 8.18 | |
Major African import source | South Afr | Côte d'Ivoire | South Afr | ... | Côte d'Ivoire | Mauritania | ... | ... | Côte d'Ivoire | ... | ... |
Burkina Faso | Gabon | Zimbabwe | Nigeria | South Afdr | Cameroon | ||||||
% | 22.36 | 1.59 | 32.33 | ... | 16.70 | 5.71 | ... | ... | 5.46 | ... | ... |
2.30 | 1.31 | 2.38 | 8.16 | 1.05 | 1.06 |
INDICATORS | Somalia | South Africa |
Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Western Sahara | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
Agricultural raw materials exports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | ... | 941.96 | 142.12 | ... | ... | 56.28 | 35.26 | ... | ... | ... | 120.82 |
1999 | ... | 801.21 | 203.85 | ... | 74.75 | 74.8 | 59.1 | 93.06 | ... | ... | 211 |
Exports of goods and services as % of GDP | |||||||||||
1990 | 9.8 | 24.4 | ... | 76.8 | 12.6 | 33.5 | 43.6 | 7.2 | ... | 35.9 | 22.9 |
1999 | ... | 25.4 | ... | 106.7 | 13.3 | 30.3 | 41.9 | 11.3 | ... | 22.3 | 45.2 |
Major agricultural exports (year) | Sheep | Cotton Lint | Sesame Seed | Sugar(raw) | Cashew Nut | Cotton Lint | Oil of Olive | Coffee | ... | Sugar(raw) | Tobacco |
Goats | Coffee | Sheep | Food Preprd | Coffee | Coffee | Dates | Tea | ... | Cotton Lint | Cotton Lint | |
% of total exports | 23.33 | 16.10 | 13.45 | 19.69 | 15.80 | 23.35 | 4.48 | 53.72 | ... | 2.38 | 21.55 |
15.33 | 10.30 | 12.70 | 9.49 | 15.36 | 7.40 | 0.91 | 5.10 | ... | 1.61 | 5.47 | |
Major African export destination | ... | Mozambique | Egypt | ... | Kenya | South Afr | Libya | Kenya | ... | ... | South Afr |
Zimbabwe | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Benin | Algeria | Rwanda | Mozambique | |||||
% | ... | 5.29 | 4.27 | ... | 4.99 | 12.99 | 16.52 | 6.64 | ... | ... | 17.40 |
4.65 | 1.16 | 2.37 | 4.25 | 1.05 | 4.76 | 4.26 | |||||
Structure of imports | |||||||||||
Total imports ($ millions) | |||||||||||
1990 | 394 | 17076 | 825 | 663 | 1444 | 581 | 5502 | 618 | ... | 1066 | 1848 |
1999 | 180 | 24080 | 1415 | 1019 | 1645 | 588 | 8498 | 1346 | ... | 650 | 2178 |
Food imports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | 77 | 591 | 198 | 79 | 64 | 79 | 480 | 20 | ... | 49 | 40 |
1999 | 87 | 831 | 192 | 154 | 237 | 72 | 529 | 210 | ... | 73 | 115 |
Agricultural raw materials imports (% of total) | |||||||||||
1990 | ... | 368.0 | 6.2 | ... | ... | 5.8 | 221.7 | ... | ... | ... | 55.4 |
1999 | ... | 267.0 | 14.1 | ... | 35.6 | 6.2 | 254.3 | 26.8 | ... | ... | 56.6 |
Imports of goods and services as % of GDP | |||||||||||
1990 | 37.7 | 18.6 | ... | 76.0 | 37.5 | 45.3 | 50.6 | 19.4 | ... | 36.6 | 22.8 |
1999 | ... | 22.9 | ... | 98.5 | 28.0 | 40.1 | 44.1 | 22.9 | ... | 40.9 | 45.7 |
Major agricultural imports (year) | |||||||||||
Sugar Ref | Mill.Pad.Rice | Wheat | Cattle | Oil of Palm | Rice, Broken | Wheat | Oil,SoyaBean | ... | Maize | Maize | |
Mill.Pad.Rice | Oil,Sunflower | Flour, Wheat | Food Waste | Maize | Wheat | Oil,SoyBean | Oil of Palm | ... | Food Preprd | Wheat | |
% of total imports | |||||||||||
23.33 | 0.53 | 4.18 | 1.54 | 4.33 | 3.39 | 2.24 | 2.39 | ... | 6.38 | 0.99 | |
15.28 | 0.32 | 2.50 | 1.22 | 1.88 | 2.71 | 0.92 | 1.43 | ... | 1.59 | 0.79 | |
Major African import source | ... | Zimbabwe | Kenya | ... | South Afr | Mauritania | Egypt | Kenya | ... | ... | South Afr |
Zambia | Egypt | Kenya | Benin | Côte d'Ivoire | South Afr | Mozambique | |||||
% | ... | 6.62 | 7.96 | ... | 16.79 | 18.80 | 2.45 | 21.26 | ... | ... | 68.19 |
1.35 | 4.03 | 6.31 | 18.66 | 14.75 | 6.21 | 4.89 |
Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001 and Little Data Book 2001; Encyclopaedia Britanica, 2001 Book of the Year; UNCTAD LDC database; FAO