Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Niger
Niger: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 24.3 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Niger, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Niger recorded 24.3 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Niger peaked at 24.3 % in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7 %, in 2016.
Niger ranks 103rd 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 Niger, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.4 % | — |
| 2001 | 9.1 % | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 9.2 % | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 9.8 % | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 9.9 % | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 9 % | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 7.7 % | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 7.3 % | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 8 % | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 9.4 % | +17.5% |
| 2010 | 11.5 % | +22.3% |
| 2011 | 13.5 % | +17.4% |
| 2012 | 14.6 % | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 14.8 % | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 11.9 % | -19.6% |
| 2015 | 8.4 % | -29.4% |
| 2016 | 7 % | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 11.1 % | +58.6% |
| 2018 | 15.7 % | +41.4% |
| 2019 | 22.5 % | +43.3% |
| 2020 | 23.9 % | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 24.3 % | +1.7% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 24.3 % is above the median for low income countries, which is 24.3 %, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Niger's 24.3 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35.5 %, 68% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.88 % | 7.3 % | 9.9 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.1 % | 7 % | 22.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.1 % | 23.9 % | 24.3 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 100 Kyrgyzstan 27.4 % compare
- 101 Sri Lanka 26.4 % compare
- 102 North Macedonia 25.5 % compare
- 104 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 23.8 % compare
- 105 Turkmenistan 22.4 % compare
- 106 Burkina Faso 20.5 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Niger?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Niger was 24.3 % 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 24.3 % in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 % in 2016.
- How does Niger rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Niger ranks 103rd out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.