Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in New Zealand
New Zealand: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 48.1 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 48.1 %, measured in 2021.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in New Zealand peaked at 49.6 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 29.1 %, in 2009.
That places New Zealand 75th 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 33.1 % | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 34.8 % | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 35.7 % | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 38.2 % | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 36.8 % | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 35.5 % | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 31.7 % | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 29.7 % | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 29.1 % | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 34 % | +16.8% |
| 2011 | 37.1 % | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 40.8 % | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 42.5 % | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 42 % | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 43.5 % | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 45.6 % | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 49.6 % | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 47.8 % | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 46.2 % | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 46.8 % | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 48.1 % | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.57 % | 29.1 % | 38.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.91 % | 34 % | 49.6 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.45 % | 46.8 % | 48.1 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 72 Spain 50.3 % compare
- 73 Kenya 49.5 % compare
- 74 Tajikistan 48.4 % compare
- 76 Mozambique 47.3 % compare
- 77 Afghanistan 46.1 % compare
- 78 Senegal 45.6 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.01 (2023)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.01 (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in New Zealand?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in New Zealand was 48.1 % 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 49.6 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.1 % in 2009.
- How does New Zealand rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- New Zealand ranks 75th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.