Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Africa
Africa: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 32.5 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Africa, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Africa is 32.5 %, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Africa peaked at 35.9 % in 2014 and was at its lowest, 25.8 %, in 2003.
That places Africa 11th out of 37 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 28.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 27.7 % | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 26.9 % | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 25.8 % | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 26.4 % | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 27.9 % | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 28.3 % | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 28.5 % | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 29.5 % | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 31.2 % | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 32.9 % | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 33.9 % | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 33.7 % | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 34.1 % | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 35.9 % | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 35.7 % | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 35.4 % | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 34.2 % | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 34.5 % | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 34 % | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 33.2 % | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 32.5 % | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.04 % | 25.8 % | 31.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.43 % | 32.9 % | 35.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.85 % | 32.5 % | 33.2 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 8 Türkiye 35 % compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 24.8 % compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19 % compare
- 13 Viet Nam 15.4 % compare
- 14 Kuwait 99.4 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 5.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.0895 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Africa?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Africa was 32.5 % in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 35.9 % in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.8 % in 2003.
- How does Africa rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Africa ranks 11th out of 37 groups with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.