Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Brazil
Brazil: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was -30.9 % in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Brazil, 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 Brazil is -30.9 %, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.8% on the previous year and down 107.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Brazil peaked at 13.1 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, -30.9 %, in 2021.
That places Brazil 136th out of 158 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 9.1 % | -30.5% |
| 2002 | 6.9 % | -24.2% |
| 2003 | 6.5 % | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 5.7 % | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 4.9 % | -14.0% |
| 2006 | 2.5 % | -49.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5 % | -80.0% |
| 2008 | -0.2 % | -140.0% |
| 2009 | -2.9 % | +1350.0% |
| 2010 | -9.3 % | +220.7% |
| 2011 | -14.9 % | +60.2% |
| 2012 | -17.5 % | +17.4% |
| 2013 | -22.4 % | +28.0% |
| 2014 | -20.2 % | -9.8% |
| 2015 | -22 % | +8.9% |
| 2016 | -17.1 % | -22.3% |
| 2017 | -25.6 % | +49.7% |
| 2018 | -27.7 % | +8.2% |
| 2019 | -24.6 % | -11.2% |
| 2020 | -23.8 % | -3.3% |
| 2021 | -30.9 % | +29.8% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's -30.9 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 52 %. (47 countries reporting)
- Brazil's -30.9 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 62.45 %. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -1350.0% | -0.2 % | -2.9 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.61 % | -2.9 % | 13.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | -20.13 % | -27.7 % | -9.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | -27.35 % | -30.9 % | -23.8 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Brazil?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Brazil was -30.9 % 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 13.1 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was -30.9 % in 2021.
- How does Brazil rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Brazil ranks 136th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 107.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.