Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Senegal
Senegal: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 45.6 % in 2021. ▼ Falling
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Senegal, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Senegal stood at 45.6 %.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Senegal peaked at 60.5 % in 2011 and was at its lowest, 45.4 %, in 2018.
That places Senegal 78th out of 158 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 53.1 % | — |
| 2001 | 58 % | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 58 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 58.1 % | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 54.7 % | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 58.8 % | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 58.5 % | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 57.5 % | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 50.3 % | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 52.4 % | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 55.2 % | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 60.5 % | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 60.1 % | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 57.1 % | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 54.9 % | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 48.8 % | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 47.8 % | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 46.2 % | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 45.4 % | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 45.7 % | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 45.4 % | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 45.6 % | +0.4% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 45.6 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 45.6 %, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 45.6 % 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 | 55.94 % | 50.3 % | 58.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.17 % | 45.4 % | 60.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.5 % | 45.4 % | 45.6 % | 2 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1708 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 333.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Senegal?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Senegal was 45.6 % 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 60.5 % in 2011.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.4 % in 2018.
- How does Senegal rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Senegal ranks 78th out of 158 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.