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Reading no. 2026/289

EconomyObserved dataAnnual fixture: World Food Day

Food share of merchandise imports

41.4%

Pacific

KiribatiSamoaTongaPalauSolomon IslandsFijiPapua New GuineaFrench Polynesia

Share of food products in the value of merchandise imports, ten territories, latest available year.

  1. Kiribati41.4
  2. Samoa29.6
  3. Tonga27.5
  4. Palau23.0
  5. Solomon Islands22.2
  6. Fiji19.0
  7. Papua New Guinea16.5
  8. French Polynesia15.9
  9. New Zealand12.8
  10. Australia6.5

Food accounts for 41.4% of imports in Kiribati and 6.5% in Australia.

Observation
Years covered
2018 to 2025
Territories excluded (value before 2018)
4

Method

Latest available year per territory, from 2018 to 2025 (Kiribati 2021, Papua New Guinea 2023, Tonga 2023, Australia 2025). Territories whose latest value predates 2018 are excluded. Indicator TM.VAL.FOOD.ZS.UN.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

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

Confidence

High

See also

2024/290 · 16 Oct97.2% of exportsShare of food in merchandise exports, Pacific2025/289 · 16 Oct41.4% of importsShare of food in merchandise imports, Pacific2026/288 · 15 Oct68.2%Urban share of the population in the Pacific2026/271 · 28 Sep17.08t CO2eCO2 emissions per capita in the Pacific

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