Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Belize
Belize: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 13.2 % in 2021. ▼ Falling
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Belize, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belize recorded 13.2 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Belize peaked at 35.6 % in 2001 and was at its lowest, 10.6 %, in 2011.
Belize ranks 116th of 158 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Belize, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 34.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 35.6 % | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 35.3 % | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 35.4 % | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 32.5 % | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 32.4 % | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 29.5 % | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 29.8 % | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 24.7 % | -17.1% |
| 2009 | 19.3 % | -21.9% |
| 2010 | 11.8 % | -38.9% |
| 2011 | 10.6 % | -10.2% |
| 2012 | 13.2 % | +24.5% |
| 2013 | 18.9 % | +43.2% |
| 2014 | 20 % | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 16.5 % | -17.5% |
| 2016 | 13.9 % | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 16.6 % | +19.4% |
| 2018 | 17.9 % | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 16.7 % | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 13.4 % | -19.8% |
| 2021 | 13.2 % | -1.5% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 13.2 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 52 %, 25% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Belize's 13.2 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 62.45 %, 21% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.91 % | 19.3 % | 35.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.61 % | 10.6 % | 20 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.3 % | 13.2 % | 13.4 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More agriculture & rural data for Belize
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0795 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 610.5 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5844 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Belize?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Belize was 13.2 % 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 35.6 % in 2001.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6 % in 2011.
- How does Belize rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Belize ranks 116th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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.