Data for 2001

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2001

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2001
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2001, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2001 covers 161 countries. 16 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Australia is lowest, at -194.9. The middle country reads 33.2.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2001

Highest16 countries share it

100.0

LowestAustralia

-194.9

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

161countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
140distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2001: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.0
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	100.0
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	100.0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	100.0
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	100.0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	100.0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	100.0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	100.0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	100.0
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	100.0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.0
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	100.0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.4
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	98.8
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	96.4
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.6
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	94.5
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	94.2
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	94.1
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	92.5
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	90.9
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	88.2
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	88.1
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	85.8
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	82.0
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	80.6
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	80.5
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	80.2
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	79.7
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	77.9
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	77.2
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	77.0
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	75.2
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	73.4
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	73.0
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	72.1
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	71.9
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	70.1
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	69.1
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	67.7
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	65.3
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	64.7
Panama`PAN`Central America	63.6
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.7
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.6
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	59.4
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.0
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	57.1
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	56.5
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.2
Colombia`COL`South America	54.5
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	53.1
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	52.1
Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.6
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.5
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.8
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	46.6
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	45.8
Honduras`HND`Central America	45.7
Peru`PER`South America	44.7
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.0
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.7
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	41.0
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.2
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	38.6
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.4
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	36.3
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.3
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.9
Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.4
Chile`CHL`South America	35.1
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.8
Belize`BLZ`Central America	34.6
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	34.1
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	33.2
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.2
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	31.1
Ecuador`ECU`South America	30.5
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	29.0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	28.9
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	28.8
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27.4
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	26.6
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	26.1
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.5
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	25.0
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.9
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	21.4
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.3
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.2
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	20.1
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	20.0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.6
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	19.4
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	15.2
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.1
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13.2
Brazil`BRA`South America	13.1
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.0
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12.8
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	11.7
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.3
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	10.2
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10.1
Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.4
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.4
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.3
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	9.0
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.6
Suriname`SUR`South America	8.1
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.7
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.1
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.9
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.0
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.8
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.9
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.5
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.7
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.6
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.1
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.6
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-2.6
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-2.8
India`IND`Southern Asia	-3.2
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-3.5
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-4.3
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-4.7
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-4.8
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-5.4
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-6.4
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-9.2
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-9.6
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-10.1
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-11.8
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-12.0
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-14.3
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-18.2
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-22.1
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-23.5
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-24.2
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-24.2
United States`USA`Northern America	-31.6
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-35.8
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-39.9
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-55.9
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-56.0
Guyana`GUY`South America	-59.4
Uruguay`URY`South America	-81.3
France`FRA`Western Europe	-82.9
Argentina`ARG`South America	-172.3
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-194.9

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Bahamasshared100.0
Barbadosshared100.0
Bruneishared100.0
Republic of the Congoshared100.0

Lowest

Australia-194.9
Argentina-172.3
France-82.9
Uruguay-81.3
Guyana-59.4

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.2. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2001.
140 distinct values among 161
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 16 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 161 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2001). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2001

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