Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 28.2 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Sierra Leone, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 28.2 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021.
That represents a change of down 10.8% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Sierra Leone peaked at 40.8 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 19.1 %, in 2009.
That places Sierra Leone 108th out of 172 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.47 % | 19.1 % | 38.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.03 % | 20.5 % | 40.8 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.9 % | 28.2 % | 31.6 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 105 Ghana 32.1 % compare
- 106 Philippines 30.7 % compare
- 107 Guinea 28.5 % compare
- 109 Uzbekistan 28 % compare
- 110 Kyrgyzstan 27.4 % compare
- 111 Sri Lanka 26.4 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 4.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 1.47 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Sierra Leone?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Sierra Leone was 28.2 % 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 40.8 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.1 % in 2009.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Sierra Leone ranks 108th out of 172 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.