Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Iraq
Iraq: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 63 % in 2021. ▬ Flat
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Iraq, 2000–2021
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) — value in Iraq is 63 %, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 12.7% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Iraq peaked at 75.2 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 42 %, in 2002.
That places Iraq 62nd out of 158 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Iraq, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 75.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 53.7 % | -28.6% |
| 2002 | 42 % | -21.8% |
| 2003 | 46.7 % | +11.2% |
| 2004 | 58.1 % | +24.4% |
| 2005 | 60.1 % | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 59.6 % | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 59.5 % | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 59.6 % | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 56.4 % | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 51.2 % | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 48.4 % | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 62.9 % | +30.0% |
| 2017 | 59.5 % | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 50.2 % | -15.6% |
| 2019 | 46.3 % | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 55.9 % | +20.7% |
| 2021 | 63 % | +12.7% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 63 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 52 %, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 63 % is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 88.95 %, 71% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.09 % | 42 % | 75.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.08 % | 46.3 % | 62.9 % | 6 |
| 2020s | 59.45 % | 55.9 % | 63 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More agriculture & rural data for Iraq
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0341 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 184.67 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3006 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Iraq?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Iraq was 63 % 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 75.2 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 42 % in 2002.
- How does Iraq rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Iraq ranks 62nd out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iraq 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.