Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in India
India: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was -12.4 % in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in India, 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 India stood at -12.4 %. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in India peaked at -2.1 % in 2005 and was at its lowest, -12.4 %, in 2021.
That places India 146th 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 | -3.17 % | -4.7 % | -2.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | -7.18 % | -10.3 % | -5.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | -12.3 % | -12.4 % | -12.2 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 3.63 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in India?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in India was -12.4 % 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was -2.1 % in 2005.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was -12.4 % in 2021.
- How does India rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- India ranks 146th out of 172 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.