Cereal import dependency ratio (3-year average) in Africa

40 countries in Africa, 2022. Unit: % of domestic cereal supply. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Cabo Verde
Median country
46.5 %
half above, half below
World
-0.9 %
FAO aggregate
Range
-9.7 to 100.0
Zambia - Cabo Verde

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Across 40 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Cabo Verde (100.0 %) and the lowest in Zambia (-9.7 %).

The median country is at 46.5 %: half are above, half below.

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Source: FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. Accessed on 24 September 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS Licence: CC-BY-4.0 · licence

Cereal import dependency over time

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Ranking of countries

2022
In chart Share of the highest value
1Cabo Verde100.0
2Djibouti100.0
3Libya100.0
4Mauritius90.9
5Gabon90.6
6The Gambia89.6
7Republic of the Congo88.7
8Tunisia87.0
9Algeria83.9
10Botswana82.7
11Namibia78.7
12Liberia72.3
13Lesotho68.4
14Eswatini67.5
15Morocco64.6
16Mauritania55.3
17Côte d'Ivoire52.1
18Guinea-Bissau50.7
19Kenya49.5
20Mozambique47.3
21Senegal45.6
22Egypt42.8
23Zimbabwe41.5
24Angola35.7
25Rwanda35.3
26Cameroon34.6
27Ghana32.1
28Guinea28.5
29Sierra Leone28.2
30Democratic Republic of the Congo24.8
31Niger24.3
32Burkina Faso20.5
33Madagascar19.9
34Nigeria16.3
35Uganda15.3
36Ethiopia8.6
37Malawi1.9
38Tanzania1.8
39South Africa0.7
40Zambia-9.7
FAO · 2022 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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