Cereal import dependency ratio (3-year average)

160 countries, 2022. Unit: % of domestic cereal supply.

First in the ranking
100.0 %
Median country
42.7 %
half above, half below
World
-0.9 %
FAO aggregate
Range
-1,894.1 to 100.0
Paraguay - United Arab Emirates

How to read it

Across 160 countries worldwide, the highest value is in United Arab Emirates (100.0 %) and the lowest in Paraguay (-1,894.1 %).

The median country is at 42.7 %: half are above, half below.

For the world as a whole, the value fell from -0.5 % in 2001 to -0.9 % in 2022.

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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 Continent Share of the highest value
1United Arab Emirates100.0Asia
2Antigua and Barbuda100.0North America
3Barbados100.0North America
4Cabo Verde100.0Africa
5Djibouti100.0Africa
6Federated States of Micronesia100.0Oceania
7Grenada100.0North America
8Hong Kong100.0Asia
9Jordan100.0Asia
10Libya100.0Africa
11Saint Lucia100.0North America
12Moldova100.0Europe
13Malta100.0Europe
14Qatar100.0Asia
15Solomon Islands100.0Oceania
16Trinidad and Tobago100.0North America
17Kuwait99.4Asia
18Jamaica99.3North America
19Cyprus98.5Asia
20Saint Vincent and the Grenadines98.5North America
21Bahamas98.4North America
22Vanuatu98.2Oceania
23Maldives97.3Asia
24Montenegro96.1Europe
25Papua New Guinea95.2Oceania
26Israel93.7Asia
27Yemen93.4Asia
28Iceland93.1Europe
29Fiji92.6Oceania
30Costa Rica92.5North America
31New Caledonia91.7Oceania
32Mauritius90.9Africa
33Gabon90.6Africa
34Netherlands90.3Europe
35The Gambia89.6Africa
36Saudi Arabia89.3Asia
37Republic of the Congo88.7Africa
38Oman88.6Asia
39Tunisia87.0Africa
40Lebanon86.6Asia
41Algeria83.9Africa
42Haiti82.9North America
43Botswana82.7Africa
44Portugal80.8Europe
45Namibia78.7Africa
46South Korea78.5Asia
47Malaysia78.1Asia
48Armenia75.0Asia
49Bhutan74.2Asia
50Liberia72.3Africa
51Belgium71.7Europe
52Lesotho68.4Africa
53Eswatini67.5Africa
54Georgia66.1Asia
55Ireland65.8Europe
56Honduras65.7North America
57Colombia65.3South America
58Switzerland64.6Europe
59Morocco64.6Africa
60Dominican Republic63.0North America
61Iraq63.0Asia
62Panama61.9North America
63Chile61.3South America
64Mauritania55.3Africa
65Guatemala54.7North America
66El Salvador54.1North America
67Côte d'Ivoire52.1Africa
68Peru52.0South America
69Guinea-Bissau50.7Africa
70Nicaragua50.5North America
71Spain50.3Europe
72Syria49.8Asia
73Kenya49.5Africa
74Venezuela49.3South America
75Tajikistan48.4Asia
76New Zealand48.1Oceania
77Mozambique47.3Africa
78Afghanistan46.1Asia
79Senegal45.6Africa
80Egypt42.8Africa
81Italy42.5Europe
82Zimbabwe41.5Africa
83Iran40.6Asia
84Ecuador39.6South America
85Mongolia39.3Asia
86Luxembourg38.7Europe
87Mexico37.6North America
88Slovenia36.9Europe
89Bosnia and Herzegovina36.6Europe
90Albania36.4Europe
91Angola35.7Africa
92Rwanda35.3Africa
93Türkiye35.0Asia
94Cameroon34.6Africa
95Azerbaijan34.1Asia
96Greece34.0Europe
97Ghana32.1Africa
98Philippines30.7Asia
99Guinea28.5Africa
100Sierra Leone28.2Africa
101Uzbekistan28.0Asia
102Kyrgyzstan27.4Asia
103Sri Lanka26.4Asia
104North Macedonia25.5Europe
105Democratic Republic of the Congo24.8Africa
106Niger24.3Africa
107United Kingdom23.8Europe
108Turkmenistan22.4Asia
109Burkina Faso20.5Africa
110Austria20.4Europe
111Madagascar19.9Africa
112Nepal17.3Asia
113Nigeria16.3Africa
114Bangladesh16.0Asia
115Indonesia15.7Asia
116Vietnam15.4Asia
117Uganda15.3Africa
118Belize13.2North America
119Bolivia11.0South America
120China9.2Asia
121Ethiopia8.6Africa
122Belarus3.9Europe
123Malawi1.9Africa
124Tanzania1.8Africa
125South Africa0.7Africa
126Germany0.4Europe
127Laos-0.3Asia
128Finland-1.2Europe
129Cambodia-3.2Asia
130Suriname-4.3South America
131Denmark-7.1Europe
132Zambia-9.7Africa
133Pakistan-9.9Asia
134India-12.4Asia
135Myanmar-12.4Asia
136Sweden-13.4Europe
137Thailand-18.5Asia
138United States-20.3North America
139Brazil-30.9South America
140Poland-31.2Europe
141Russia-32.1Europe
142Serbia-41.6Europe
143Czechia-49.8Europe
144Croatia-50.8Europe
145Kazakhstan-59.4Asia
146Uruguay-60.5South America
147Hungary-61.4Europe
148France-71.7Europe
149Slovakia-100.7Europe
150Guyana-105.7South America
151Canada-116.9North America
152Estonia-119.5Europe
153Argentina-128.2South America
154Romania-138.1Europe
155Latvia-140.7Europe
156Lithuania-180.4Europe
157Australia-241.6Oceania
158Ukraine-298.4Europe
159Bulgaria-1,015.6Europe
160Paraguay-1,894.1South America
FAO · 2022 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

Biggest changes, 2012-2022

change in percentage points · 156 countries

Largest increase

  1. Argentina -478.0 → -128.2 +349.8 pp
  2. Uruguay -309.2 → -60.5 +248.7 pp
  3. Moldova -7.4 → 100.0 +107.4 pp
  4. Hungary -102.9 → -61.4 +41.5 pp
  5. Serbia -77.6 → -41.6 +36.0 pp

Largest decrease

  1. Paraguay 100.0 → -1,894.1 −1,994.1 pp
  2. Bulgaria -154.1 → -1,015.6 −861.5 pp
  3. Ukraine -91.8 → -298.4 −206.6 pp
  4. Kazakhstan 50.8 → -59.4 −110.2 pp
  5. Romania -34.9 → -138.1 −103.2 pp

By continent

median country
Africa 46.5 %
Asia 43.4 %
Europe 12.2 %
North America 74.3 %
South America 3.4 %
Oceania 93.9 %

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