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

42 countries in Asia, 2022. Unit: % of domestic cereal supply. World ranking →

First in the ranking
100.0 %
United Arab Emirates
Median country
43.4 %
half above, half below
World
-0.9 %
FAO aggregate
Range
-59.4 to 100.0
Kazakhstan - United Arab Emirates

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Across 42 countries in Asia, the highest value is in United Arab Emirates (100.0 %) and the lowest in Kazakhstan (-59.4 %).

The median country is at 43.4 %: 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
1United Arab Emirates100.0
2Hong Kong100.0
3Jordan100.0
4Qatar100.0
5Kuwait99.4
6Cyprus98.5
7Maldives97.3
8Israel93.7
9Yemen93.4
10Saudi Arabia89.3
11Oman88.6
12Lebanon86.6
13South Korea78.5
14Malaysia78.1
15Armenia75.0
16Bhutan74.2
17Georgia66.1
18Iraq63.0
19Syria49.8
20Tajikistan48.4
21Afghanistan46.1
22Iran40.6
23Mongolia39.3
24Türkiye35.0
25Azerbaijan34.1
26Philippines30.7
27Uzbekistan28.0
28Kyrgyzstan27.4
29Sri Lanka26.4
30Turkmenistan22.4
31Nepal17.3
32Bangladesh16.0
33Indonesia15.7
34Vietnam15.4
35China9.2
36Laos-0.3
37Cambodia-3.2
38Pakistan-9.9
39India-12.4
40Myanmar-12.4
41Thailand-18.5
42Kazakhstan-59.4
FAO · 2022 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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