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).
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 98.1 | 31.9 | 18.5 | 32.6 | 39.0 | 34.3 | 37.0 | 40.3 | 36.6 | 33.2 | 37.7 | 39.1 | 36.2 | 36.3 | 39.6 | 40.3 | 40.9 | 49.3 | 50.9 |
| Egypt | 21.3 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 13.7 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 20.6 | 20.2 | 17.6 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 20.0 | 21.9 | |
| Zimbabwe | 44.0 | 49.0 | 23.9 | 22.4 | 27.3 | 25.0 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 28.2 | 25.8 | 23.5 | 22.0 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 20.3 | 21.6 | |
| Djibouti | 46.7 | 43.7 | 41.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 29.9 | 11.0 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 7.7 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 14.2 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 13.6 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 12.9 | |
| Burundi | 85.8 | 45.1 | 72.4 | 50.2 | 37.5 | 26.6 | 59.1 | 63.6 | 66.2 | 60.0 | 52.6 | 47.5 | 51.9 | 49.6 | 56.5 | ||||
| Comoros | 88.5 | 86.9 | 66.0 | 78.0 | 84.7 | 72.0 | 62.6 | 73.6 | 74.5 | 80.2 | 63.9 | 43.4 | 66.5 | 53.1 | |||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |||||||||
| Eritrea | 53.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 66.5 | 75.8 | 68.0 | 74.7 | 76.3 | 73.1 | 79.4 | 77.5 | 83.7 | 84.9 | 88.5 | 73.1 | 77.6 | 80.2 | 81.5 | 80.4 | |||
| Kenya | 49.2 | 59.0 | 37.6 | 46.9 | 45.5 | 43.5 | 44.9 | 51.3 | 51.2 | 43.7 | 48.2 | 47.5 | 48.7 | 49.0 | |||||
| Madagascar | 78.9 | 72.9 | 38.6 | 32.0 | 23.9 | 32.7 | 32.5 | 25.1 | 25.0 | 30.5 | 38.4 | 43.6 | 42.2 | 36.2 | 44.0 | 38.2 | 32.0 | 27.5 | |
| Malawi | 88.2 | 92.9 | 89.2 | 79.5 | 77.8 | 75.7 | 75.6 | 76.0 | 75.2 | 81.1 | 83.6 | 91.0 | 91.3 | 91.5 | 91.9 | 89.8 | 85.1 | 89.2 | |
| Rwanda | 56.6 | 52.5 | 43.7 | 48.0 | 36.7 | 36.2 | 46.6 | 44.9 | 35.6 | 38.0 | 34.8 | 24.7 | 34.2 | 27.2 | |||||
| Seychelles | 94.9 | 90.8 | 85.1 | 39.7 | 88.5 | 95.3 | 95.7 | 79.3 | 89.6 | 72.9 | 78.9 | 78.1 | 78.9 | 92.2 | 90.7 | 87.7 | |||
| Somalia | 85.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 24.6 | 16.7 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 15.9 | 2.2 | 21.0 | 30.0 | 50.8 | 42.3 | 50.6 | |||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 33.6 | 18.8 | 30.6 | 24.7 | 32.8 | 33.4 | 28.7 | 29.7 | 28.1 | 24.4 | 26.0 | 28.7 | 30.8 | 29.4 | 26.6 | 29.7 | |||
| Uganda | 62.9 | 63.3 | 66.8 | 53.9 | 46.3 | 66.1 | 65.5 | 66.3 | 54.5 | 59.7 | 55.5 | 41.8 | 37.5 | 48.0 | 64.3 | 39.3 | |||
| Zambia | 0.6 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 12.2 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 10.6 |