Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in China
China: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 10 % in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in China, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
China recorded 10 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 12.4% on the previous year and up 244.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in China peaked at 10 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, -1.5 %, in 2001.
China ranks 130th of 172 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.43 % | -1.5 % | 2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.34 % | 2.6 % | 6.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.45 % | 8.9 % | 10 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 6.42 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in China?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in China was 10 % 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?
- The highest recorded value was 10 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.5 % in 2001.
- How does China rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- China ranks 130th out of 172 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 244.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.