Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Lebanon
Lebanon: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 86.6 % in 2021. ▬ Flat
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Lebanon, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 86.6 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Lebanon peaked at 91.1 % in 2009 and was at its lowest, 79.7 %, in 2005.
Lebanon ranks 37th of 158 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 88.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 88.5 % | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 90.2 % | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 89.2 % | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 82.6 % | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 79.7 % | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 79.8 % | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 87.9 % | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 90.4 % | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 91.1 % | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 85.9 % | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 83.7 % | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 84.6 % | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 88 % | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 88.7 % | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 87.1 % | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 85.1 % | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 85.7 % | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 87.4 % | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 87.1 % | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 86.3 % | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 86.6 % | +0.3% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 86.6 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 45.6 %, 1.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 86.6 % is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 88.95 %, 97% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.75 % | 79.7 % | 91.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.33 % | 83.7 % | 88.7 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.45 % | 86.3 % | 86.6 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 39.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 46.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0904 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Lebanon?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Lebanon was 86.6 % 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 Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 91.1 % in 2009.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.7 % in 2005.
- How does Lebanon rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Lebanon ranks 37th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.