Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Italy
Italy: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 42.5 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Italy, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Italy recorded 42.5 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Italy peaked at 42.5 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 19.6 %, in 2000.
Italy ranks 80th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 22.5 % | +14.8% |
| 2002 | 23.3 % | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 22.4 % | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 21.6 % | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 22.1 % | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 22 % | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 23 % | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 24.8 % | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 27.9 % | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 29.2 % | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 30.2 % | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 31.8 % | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 33.4 % | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 34.3 % | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 36.4 % | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 39 % | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 41.4 % | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 41.2 % | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 39.8 % | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 41.4 % | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 42.5 % | +2.7% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 42.5 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 45.3 %, 94% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Italy's 42.5 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25.5 %, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.92 % | 19.6 % | 27.9 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.67 % | 29.2 % | 41.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.95 % | 41.4 % | 42.5 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Italy?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Italy was 42.5 % 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 42.5 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.6 % in 2000.
- How does Italy rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Italy ranks 80th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.