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Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value by country

The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture...

Countries reporting
172
Highest
100 %
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
-1,894 %
Paraguay
Median
44.2 %
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,414

What the numbers show

Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 100 % in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -1,894 % in Paraguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 44.2 %, and the mean is 16.27 %.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 1,451.3%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 2,500.0%).

Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 100 % 2021 unchanged flat
1 Antigua and Barbuda 100 % 2021 up 4.5% flat
1 Barbados 100 % 2021 up 0.6% flat
1 Djibouti 100 % 2021 up 4.6% flat
1 Dominica 100 % 2007 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 100 % 2021 up 0.4% rising
1 Jordan 100 % 2021 up 3.1% flat
1 Libya 100 % 2021 up 14.5% rising
1 Saint Lucia 100 % 2021 unchanged flat
1 Malta 100 % 2021 up 13.3% rising
1 Solomon Islands 100 % 2021 up 5.9% rising
1 Trinidad and Tobago 100 % 2021 up 8.5% flat
1 Cabo Verde 100 % 2021 up 5.0% rising
1 China, Hong Kong SAR 100 % 2021 up 0.2% flat
1 Republic of Moldova 100 % 2021 up 1,451.3% volatile
16 Kuwait 99.4 % 2021 up 3.9% flat
17 Jamaica 99.3 % 2021 down 0.7% flat
18 Cyprus 98.5 % 2021 up 25.3% flat
18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 98.5 % 2021 down 1.5% flat
20 Bahamas 98.4 % 2021 up 4.1% flat
21 Vanuatu 98.2 % 2021 unchanged flat
22 Maldives 97.3 % 2021 down 2.7% flat
23 Melanesia 96.2 % 2021 down 3.8% flat
24 Montenegro 96.1 % 2021 down 3.1% flat
25 Papua New Guinea 95.2 % 2021 down 4.8% flat
26 Israel 93.7 % 2021 up 0.5% flat
27 Yemen 93.4 % 2021 up 9.9% rising
28 Iceland 93.1 % 2021 up 0.5% flat
29 Fiji 92.6 % 2021 down 7.4% flat
30 Costa Rica 92.5 % 2021 up 20.3% rising
31 New Caledonia 91.7 % 2021 down 2.3% flat
32 Mauritius 90.9 % 2021 down 9.1% flat
33 Gabon 90.6 % 2021 up 7.2% rising
34 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 90.3 % 2021 up 3.2% rising
35 Gambia 89.6 % 2021 up 26.4% rising
36 Saudi Arabia 89.3 % 2021 up 0.2% rising
37 Congo 88.7 % 2021 down 11.3% flat
38 Oman 88.6 % 2021 down 8.2% flat
39 Tunisia 87 % 2021 up 43.1% rising
40 Lebanon 86.6 % 2021 up 3.5% flat
41 Sao Tome and Principe 85.7 % 2014 — falling
42 Algeria 83.9 % 2021 up 23.2% rising
43 Brunei Darussalam 83.5 % 2007 down 16.5% falling
44 Haiti 82.9 % 2021 up 46.2% rising
45 Botswana 82.7 % 2021 down 11.9% rising
46 Portugal 80.8 % 2021 up 5.9% rising
47 Namibia 78.7 % 2021 up 4.4% rising
48 Republic of Korea 78.5 % 2021 up 1.8% flat
49 Norway 78.3 % 2021 up 11.4% rising
49 China, Taiwan Province of 78.3 % 2021 up 2.4% falling
51 Malaysia 78.1 % 2021 up 6.0% falling
52 Japan 76.8 % 2007 down 0.3% flat
53 Cuba 76.6 % 2014 up 4.5% rising
54 Caribbean 76.5 % 2021 up 4.4% flat
55 Armenia 75 % 2021 up 59.2% rising
56 Liberia 72.3 % 2021 up 13.3% flat
57 Belgium 71.7 % 2021 down 4.4% rising
58 Lesotho 68.4 % 2021 down 18.4% rising
59 Eswatini 67.5 % 2021 down 1.5% flat
60 Georgia 66.1 % 2021 up 1.7% rising
61 Ireland 65.8 % 2021 up 55.9% rising
62 Honduras 65.7 % 2021 up 7.0% rising
63 Colombia 65.3 % 2021 up 8.8% rising
64 Switzerland 64.6 % 2021 up 10.2% rising
64 Morocco 64.6 % 2021 up 38.3% rising
66 Dominican Republic 63 % 2021 down 9.4% falling
66 Iraq 63 % 2021 up 30.2% flat
68 Panama 61.9 % 2021 down 6.1% flat
69 Chile 61.3 % 2021 up 52.9% rising
70 Mauritania 55.3 % 2021 down 24.8% falling
71 Guatemala 54.7 % 2021 up 27.5% rising
72 El Salvador 54.1 % 2021 up 31.6% rising
73 Côte d'Ivoire 52.1 % 2021 down 15.0% falling
74 Peru 52 % 2021 up 14.5% rising
75 Guinea-Bissau 50.7 % 2021 up 81.1% falling
76 Nicaragua 50.5 % 2021 up 30.8% rising
77 Spain 50.3 % 2021 up 54.8% rising
78 Syrian Arab Republic 49.8 % 2021 up 30.4% rising
79 Kenya 49.5 % 2021 up 16.7% rising
80 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 49.3 % 2021 down 7.7% rising
81 Tajikistan 48.4 % 2021 up 5.2% rising
82 New Zealand 48.1 % 2021 up 29.6% rising
83 Timor-Leste 47.7 % 2017 up 211.8% rising
84 Mozambique 47.3 % 2021 up 17.1% rising
85 Afghanistan 46.1 % 2021 up 68.9% rising
86 Senegal 45.6 % 2021 down 24.6% falling
87 Egypt 42.8 % 2021 down 5.1% rising
88 Italy 42.5 % 2021 up 40.7% rising
89 Zimbabwe 41.5 % 2021 down 16.5% rising
90 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 40.6 % 2021 up 4.4% rising
91 Benin 39.7 % 2007 up 205.4% rising
92 Ecuador 39.6 % 2021 up 26.9% rising
93 Mongolia 39.3 % 2021 up 35.1% falling
94 Luxembourg 38.7 % 2021 up 71.2% volatile
95 Mexico 37.6 % 2021 up 10.6% rising
96 Slovenia 36.9 % 2021 down 16.3% falling
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36.6 % 2021 down 27.8% rising
98 Albania 36.4 % 2021 down 20.2% falling
99 Angola 35.7 % 2021 down 43.6% falling
100 Rwanda 35.3 % 2021 up 60.5% rising
101 Türkiye 35 % 2021 up 114.7% volatile
102 Cameroon 34.6 % 2021 up 9.8% rising
103 Azerbaijan 34.1 % 2021 down 13.5% flat
104 Greece 34 % 2021 up 45.9% rising
105 Ghana 32.1 % 2021 down 3.9% rising
106 Philippines 30.7 % 2021 up 94.3% rising
107 Guinea 28.5 % 2021 up 62.9% rising
108 Sierra Leone 28.2 % 2021 up 26.5% rising
109 Uzbekistan 28 % 2021 up 19.1% rising
110 Kyrgyzstan 27.4 % 2021 down 12.5% rising
111 Sri Lanka 26.4 % 2021 up 38.2% falling
112 North Macedonia 25.5 % 2021 down 11.1% rising
113 Democratic Republic of the Congo 24.8 % 2021 up 8.3% flat
114 Niger 24.3 % 2021 up 80.0% rising
115 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23.8 % 2021 down 1.2% volatile
116 Turkmenistan 22.4 % 2021 up 98.2% rising
117 Burkina Faso 20.5 % 2021 up 43.4% rising
118 Austria 20.4 % 2021 up 85.5% volatile
119 Madagascar 19.9 % 2021 up 70.1% rising
120 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19 % 2016 up 37.7% falling
121 Nepal 17.3 % 2021 up 116.2% volatile
122 Nigeria 16.3 % 2021 down 37.5% rising
123 Bangladesh 16 % 2021 up 128.6% rising
124 Indonesia 15.7 % 2021 up 20.8% rising
125 Viet Nam 15.4 % 2021 up 184.2% volatile
126 Uganda 15.3 % 2021 up 64.5% rising
127 Togo 13.6 % 2007 down 3.5% falling
128 Belize 13.2 % 2021 up 24.5% falling
129 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11 % 2021 down 34.1% falling
130 China 10 % 2021 up 244.8% volatile
131 China, mainland 9.2 % 2021 up 441.2% volatile
132 Chad 8.9 % 2007 up 78.0% rising
133 Ethiopia 8.6 % 2021 up 30.3% falling
134 Mali 6.5 % 2007 down 24.4% falling
135 Belarus 3.9 % 2021 up 21.9% volatile
136 Malawi 1.9 % 2021 up 111.1% volatile
137 United Republic of Tanzania 1.8 % 2021 down 80.0% volatile
138 Germany 0.4 % 2021 up 109.1% volatile
139 Lao People's Democratic Republic -0.3 % 2021 up 91.7% volatile
140 Finland -1.2 % 2021 up 94.6% rising
141 Cambodia -3.2 % 2021 down 45.5% volatile
142 Suriname -4.3 % 2021 up 70.1% volatile
143 Denmark -7.1 % 2021 down 7.6% falling
144 Zambia -9.7 % 2021 up 45.5% volatile
145 Pakistan -9.9 % 2021 up 59.1% falling
146 India -12.4 % 2021 down 45.9% volatile
146 Myanmar -12.4 % 2021 down 853.8% volatile
148 Sweden -13.4 % 2021 down 94.2% rising
149 Thailand -18.5 % 2021 up 38.3% rising
150 Brazil -30.9 % 2021 down 107.4% volatile
151 Poland -31.2 % 2021 down 2,500.0% volatile
152 Russian Federation -32.1 % 2021 up 2.1% volatile
153 Serbia -41.6 % 2021 up 46.4% falling
154 Czechia -49.8 % 2021 down 10.2% falling
155 Croatia -50.8 % 2021 down 464.4% volatile
156 Kazakhstan -59.4 % 2021 down 216.9% volatile
157 Uruguay -60.5 % 2021 up 80.4% volatile
158 Hungary -61.4 % 2021 up 40.3% falling
159 France -71.7 % 2021 up 18.4% falling
160 Slovakia -100.7 % 2021 down 266.2% volatile
161 Guyana -105.7 % 2021 down 540.6% volatile
162 Canada -116.9 % 2021 down 95.2% falling
163 Estonia -119.5 % 2021 down 242.4% volatile
164 Argentina -128.2 % 2021 up 73.2% volatile
165 Romania -138.1 % 2021 down 295.7% volatile
166 Latvia -140.7 % 2021 down 89.9% volatile
167 Lithuania -180.4 % 2021 down 128.1% volatile
168 Australia and New Zealand -212.6 % 2021 down 5.4% falling
169 Australia -241.6 % 2021 down 3.6% falling
170 Ukraine -298.4 % 2021 down 225.1% volatile
171 Bulgaria -1,016 % 2021 down 559.1% volatile
172 Paraguay -1,894 % 2021 down 1,994.1% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
212 places, 4,414 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.