Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β Value in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β Value was 54.1 % in 2021. β² Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β Value in El Salvador, 2000β2021
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) β value in El Salvador is 54.1 %, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β value in El Salvador peaked at 55.6 % in 2018 and was at its lowest, 38.3 %, in 2012.
That places El Salvador 68th out of 158 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.37 % | 40.3 % | 46.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.67 % | 38.3 % | 55.6 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.85 % | 53.6 % | 54.1 % | 2 |
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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β value in El Salvador?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β value in El Salvador was 54.1 % in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β value recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 55.6 % in 2018.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β value recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.3 % in 2012.
- How does El Salvador rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β value?
- El Salvador ranks 68th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) β value rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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) β 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.