Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 20.5 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Burkina Faso, 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 Burkina Faso is 20.5 %, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.9% on the previous year and up 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Burkina Faso peaked at 20.5 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.9 %, in 2002.
Burkina Faso ranks 106th of 158 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.
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9 % | — |
| 2001 | 7.9 % | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 6.9 % | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 6.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7.4 % | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 8.1 % | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 7.2 % | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 7.7 % | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 8.6 % | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 11.7 % | +36.0% |
| 2010 | 12.9 % | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 14.3 % | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 13.8 % | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 14.9 % | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 16.1 % | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 18.4 % | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 18.9 % | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 18.6 % | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 16.1 % | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 15.5 % | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 17.1 % | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 20.5 % | +19.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.14 % | 6.9 % | 11.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.95 % | 12.9 % | 18.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.8 % | 17.1 % | 20.5 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 103 Niger 24.3 % compare
- 104 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23.8 % compare
- 105 Turkmenistan 22.4 % compare
- 107 Austria 20.4 % compare
- 108 Madagascar 19.9 % compare
- 109 Central African Republic 19.6 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.86 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7108 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 19.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 19.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Burkina Faso?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Burkina Faso was 20.5 % 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 20.5 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9 % in 2002.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Burkina Faso ranks 106th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.