Cereal import dependency ratio (3-year average) in South America

12 countries in South America, 2022. Unit: % of domestic cereal supply. World ranking →

First in the ranking
65.3 %
Colombia
Median country
3.4 %
half above, half below
World
-0.9 %
FAO aggregate
Range
-1,894.1 to 65.3
Paraguay - Colombia

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Colombia (65.3 %) and the lowest in Paraguay (-1,894.1 %).

The median country is at 3.4 %: 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
1Colombia65.3
2Chile61.3
3Peru52.0
4Venezuela49.3
5Ecuador39.6
6Bolivia11.0
7Suriname-4.3
8Brazil-30.9
9Uruguay-60.5
10Guyana-105.7
11Argentina-128.2
12Paraguay-1,894.1
FAO · 2022 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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