Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Gambia
Gambia: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 89.6 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Gambia, 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 Gambia stood at 89.6 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Gambia peaked at 97.4 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 37.8 %, in 2002.
Gambia ranks 35th of 172 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.48 % | 37.8 % | 58.7 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.78 % | 63.8 % | 97.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.15 % | 88.7 % | 89.6 % | 2 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agriculture share gdp 23.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 35.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 988,057 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 618.52 million current US$ (2025)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25,243 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Gambia?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Gambia was 89.6 % 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 97.4 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.8 % in 2002.
- How does Gambia rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Gambia ranks 35th out of 172 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.