Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Central America
Central America: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 42.1 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Central America, 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 Central America stood at 42.1 %.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Central America peaked at 43.2 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 32.1 %, in 2008.
That places Central America 8th out of 37 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Central America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 37.4 % | — |
| 2001 | 38 % | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 37.6 % | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 37.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 38.2 % | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 39 % | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 36.6 % | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 33.6 % | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 32.1 % | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 35.1 % | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 36.9 % | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 37.1 % | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 34.8 % | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 34.8 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 35 % | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 36.4 % | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 37.8 % | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 41.4 % | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 42.8 % | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 43.2 % | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 42.2 % | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 42.1 % | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 36.52 % | 32.1 % | 39 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.02 % | 34.8 % | 43.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.15 % | 42.1 % | 42.2 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 49.3 % compare
- 6 Timor-Leste 47.7 % compare
- 7 Côte d'Ivoire 52.1 % compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 40.6 % compare
- 8 Türkiye 35 % compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 24.8 % compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -5.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6939 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -6.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -2.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Central America?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Central America was 42.1 % 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 43.2 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.1 % in 2008.
- How does Central America rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Central America ranks 8th out of 37 groups with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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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