Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Ireland
Ireland: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 65.8 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Ireland, 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 Ireland stood at 65.8 %. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 55.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Ireland peaked at 65.8 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 20.3 %, in 2000.
Ireland ranks 57th of 158 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Ireland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 20.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 23.7 % | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 25.6 % | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 24.3 % | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 25.4 % | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 29.3 % | +15.4% |
| 2006 | 30.8 % | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 32 % | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 38.2 % | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 40.3 % | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 43.8 % | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 42.2 % | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 44.8 % | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 41 % | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 41 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 43.9 % | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 54.8 % | +24.8% |
| 2017 | 56.1 % | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 61.3 % | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 58.2 % | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 62.6 % | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 65.8 % | +5.1% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 65.8 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 45.3 %, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 65.8 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25.5 %, 2.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.99 % | 20.3 % | 40.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.71 % | 41 % | 61.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.2 % | 62.6 % | 65.8 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,391 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.9559 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3541 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Ireland?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Ireland was 65.8 % 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 65.8 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3 % in 2000.
- How does Ireland rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Ireland ranks 57th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland 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.