Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in World
World: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was -0.9 % in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in World, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
World recorded -0.9 % for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 550.0% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in World peaked at 0.5 % in 2009 and was at its lowest, -2.1 %, in 2012.
That places World 28th out of 40 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.47 % | -0.7 % | 0.5 % | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.46 % | -2.1 % | 0.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.35 % | -0.9 % | 0.2 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near World
- 25 Papua New Guinea 95.2 % compare
- 26 Israel 93.7 % compare
- 27 Yemen 93.4 % compare
- 28 Iceland 93.1 % compare
- 29 Fiji 92.6 % compare
- 30 Costa Rica 92.5 % compare
- 31 New Caledonia 91.7 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in World?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in World was -0.9 % 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 % in 2009.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.1 % in 2012.
- How does World rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- World ranks 28th out of 40 groups with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.