Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in China, mainland
China, mainland: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 9.2 % in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in China, mainland, 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 China, mainland stood at 9.2 %. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.5% on the previous year and up 441.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in China, mainland peaked at 9.2 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, -3.5 %, in 2001.
That places China, mainland 131st out of 172 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -1.42 % | -3.5 % | 0.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.25 % | 1.2 % | 5.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.55 % | 7.9 % | 9.2 % | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in China, mainland?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in China, mainland was 9.2 % 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.5 % in 2001.
- How does China, mainland rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- China, mainland ranks 131st out of 172 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 441.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.