Rice — Import dependency ratio by country
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What the numbers show
Rice — Import dependency ratio is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 1.78 in South Africa; the lowest is -0.54 in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.02, and the mean is 0.3303.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 321.1%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 1,000.0%).
Rice — Import dependency ratio: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 1.78 | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Republic of Moldova | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Sweden | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Jamaica | 1 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Ireland | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Latvia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Croatia | 1 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 2 | Mauritius | 1 | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 2 | New Zealand | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Poland | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Finland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Slovakia | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Estonia | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Slovenia | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Denmark | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Czechia | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Belgium | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Türkiye | 0.05 | 2024 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 0.02 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -0.01 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Honduras | 0.91 | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 0.87 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 22 | El Salvador | 0.86 | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 0.82 | 2024 | up 272.7% | rising |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 0.82 | 2015 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 25 | Mexico | 0.77 | 2017 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 26 | Ukraine | 0.42 | 2022 | up 321.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Nicaragua | 0.22 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 28 | Portugal | 0.15 | 2024 | up 236.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Panama | 0.14 | 2022 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 30 | Angola | 0.12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Mozambique | 0.11 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Nepal | 0.08 | 2022 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.05 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 0.03 | 2020 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Benin | 0.03 | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Colombia | 0.03 | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Morocco | 0.02 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 38 | Zambia | 0.01 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Burkina Faso | 0.01 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 38 | Italy | 0.01 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.01 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Cameroon | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Belize | 0 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Burundi | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Togo | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Ecuador | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Spain | 0 | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Fiji | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Malawi | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Niger | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Rwanda | 0 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Senegal | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Guyana | -0.01 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Suriname | -0.01 | 2024 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | -0.01 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Paraguay | -0.04 | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Brazil | -0.04 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Russian Federation | -0.04 | 2021 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Argentina | -0.05 | 2019 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 83 | France | -0.09 | 2024 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | -0.11 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Greece | -0.15 | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 86 | Romania | -0.22 | 2024 | down 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Uruguay | -0.25 | 2023 | down 525.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Bulgaria | -0.34 | 2024 | down 277.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Cambodia | -0.54 | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America -0.23
About this data
The food and agricultural trade indicators dataset is based on trade, production and gross domestic product (GDP) data. Agri-food trade data are collected, processed and disseminated by FAO according to the standard International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) Methodology. The data is mainly provided by UNSD, Eurostat, and other national authorities as needed. The source data is checked for outliers, trade partner data is used for non-reporting countries or missing cells, and data on food aid is added to take total cross-border trade flows into account. The trade database includes the following variables: export quantity, export value, import quantity, and import value. It includes all food and agricultural products imported/exported annually by all countries in the world. Production data details are available at https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL and GDP data details are available at https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/MK