Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Belgium
Belgium: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 71.7 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Belgium, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Belgium stood at 71.7 %.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Belgium peaked at 75.3 % in 2016 and was at its lowest, 46.4 %, in 2004.
Belgium ranks 57th of 172 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.75 % | 46.4 % | 67.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.89 % | 70.9 % | 75.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.25 % | 71.7 % | 72.8 % | 2 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7302 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7302 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 1.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 8.49 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Belgium?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Belgium was 71.7 % 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 75.3 % in 2016.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.4 % in 2004.
- How does Belgium rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Belgium ranks 57th out of 172 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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.