Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Namibia
Namibia: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 78.7 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Namibia, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 78.7 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Namibia peaked at 85.4 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 46.9 %, in 2002.
Namibia ranks 44th 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 56.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 47.9 % | -14.8% |
| 2002 | 46.9 % | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 54.3 % | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 58 % | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 54.6 % | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 57.9 % | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 61.1 % | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 74.6 % | +22.1% |
| 2009 | 77 % | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 78.8 % | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 75.4 % | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 72.1 % | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 75.6 % | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 77.6 % | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 80.5 % | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 81.9 % | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 85.4 % | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 81.5 % | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 80.4 % | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 74.8 % | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 78.7 % | +5.2% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 78.7 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 45.6 %, 1.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 78.7 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35.5 %, 2.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 58.85 % | 46.9 % | 77 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.92 % | 72.1 % | 85.4 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.75 % | 74.8 % | 78.7 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Namibia?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Namibia was 78.7 % 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 85.4 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.9 % in 2002.
- How does Namibia rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Namibia ranks 44th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.