These Countries Rely the Most on Agricultural Exports 🌾🐟🥜🥩

What We’re Showing

This graphic ranks the most agriculturally resource dependent countries in the world, based on figures from UNCTAD.

What is “Resource Dependency?”

• A country is considered dependent on resource exports when over 60% of its merchandise exports are primary commodities.
• For this graphic we have only included countries where agricultural products represent more than 75% of its total exports.
• Resource dependency can make a country vulnerable to economic shocks via price fluctuations.

Key Takeaway

• Six of the top agriculturally resource dependent countries are small island nations. For five of them, their top agricultural export is fish.