Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Mozambique
Mozambique: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 47.3 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Mozambique, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 47.3 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Mozambique peaked at 55.3 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 28 %, in 2000.
That places Mozambique 76th out of 158 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.
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 28 % | — |
| 2001 | 32.5 % | +16.1% |
| 2002 | 35.7 % | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 38.6 % | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 42.2 % | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 39.9 % | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 33.9 % | -15.0% |
| 2007 | 30.2 % | -10.9% |
| 2008 | 28.9 % | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 30 % | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 29.9 % | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 40.4 % | +35.1% |
| 2012 | 47.5 % | +17.6% |
| 2013 | 54.3 % | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 52.7 % | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 55.3 % | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 51.6 % | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 50.7 % | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 49.5 % | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 51.5 % | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 49.1 % | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 47.3 % | -3.7% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 47.3 % is above the median for low income countries, which is 24.3 %, 1.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 47.3 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35.5 %, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.99 % | 28 % | 42.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.34 % | 29.9 % | 55.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.2 % | 47.3 % | 49.1 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 73 Kenya 49.5 % compare
- 74 Tajikistan 48.4 % compare
- 75 New Zealand 48.1 % compare
- 77 Afghanistan 46.1 % compare
- 78 Senegal 45.6 % compare
- 79 Egypt 42.8 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2557 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2557 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 160.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6279 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Mozambique?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Mozambique was 47.3 % 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 55.3 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 28 % in 2000.
- How does Mozambique rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Mozambique ranks 76th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.