Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 19.9 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar is 19.9 %, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 70.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Madagascar peaked at 22.2 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7.2 %, in 2008.
Madagascar ranks 108th 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 Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.3 % | — |
| 2001 | 11.4 % | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 10.6 % | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 13.3 % | +25.5% |
| 2004 | 11.6 % | -12.8% |
| 2005 | 12.1 % | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 10.2 % | -15.7% |
| 2007 | 9.2 % | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 7.2 % | -21.7% |
| 2009 | 7.4 % | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 8 % | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 11.7 % | +46.2% |
| 2012 | 13.4 % | +14.5% |
| 2013 | 15.3 % | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 14.5 % | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 17.9 % | +23.4% |
| 2016 | 20.7 % | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 22.2 % | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 20.5 % | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 20.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 21.3 % | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 19.9 % | -6.6% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 19.9 % is below the median for low income countries, which is 24.3 %, 82% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 19.9 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35.5 %, 56% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.43 % | 7.2 % | 13.3 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.47 % | 8 % | 22.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.6 % | 19.9 % | 21.3 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 105 Turkmenistan 22.4 % compare
- 106 Burkina Faso 20.5 % compare
- 107 Austria 20.4 % compare
- 109 Central African Republic 19.6 % compare
- 110 Nepal 17.3 % compare
- 111 Nigeria 16.3 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Madagascar?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Madagascar was 19.9 % 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 22.2 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2 % in 2008.
- How does Madagascar rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Madagascar ranks 108th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.