Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Kenya
Kenya: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 49.5 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Kenya, 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 Kenya is 49.5 %, measured in 2021.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Kenya peaked at 51.9 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 18.2 %, in 2002.
That places Kenya 79th out of 172 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.55 % | 18.2 % | 45.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.72 % | 41.1 % | 51.9 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.7 % | 49.5 % | 49.9 % | 2 |
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- 81 Tajikistan 48.4 % compare
- 82 New Zealand 48.1 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture share gdp 23.16 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.16 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 39.00 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 1.76 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Kenya?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Kenya was 49.5 % 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 51.9 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2 % in 2002.
- How does Kenya rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Kenya ranks 79th out of 172 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.