Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 9.9 % in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Southern Africa, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 9.9 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and down 52.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Southern Africa peaked at 33.3 % in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9.9 %, in 2021.
Southern Africa ranks 20th of 37 groups 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.6 % | — |
| 2001 | 12.7 % | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 17.3 % | +36.2% |
| 2003 | 12.6 % | -27.2% |
| 2004 | 14.2 % | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 16.5 % | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 19.6 % | +18.8% |
| 2007 | 16.1 % | -17.9% |
| 2008 | 13.2 % | -18.0% |
| 2009 | 15.3 % | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 20.6 % | +34.6% |
| 2011 | 21 % | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 19.9 % | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 23.1 % | +16.1% |
| 2014 | 33 % | +42.9% |
| 2015 | 33.3 % | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 30.9 % | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 26.6 % | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 23.9 % | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 18.5 % | -22.6% |
| 2020 | 10.5 % | -43.2% |
| 2021 | 9.9 % | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.91 % | 11.6 % | 19.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.08 % | 18.5 % | 33.3 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2 % | 9.9 % | 10.5 % | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Southern Africa?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Southern Africa was 9.9 % 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33.3 % in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9 % in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 37 groups with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.