Data for 2002

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2002

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2002
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2002, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2002 covers 161 countries. 10 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Argentina is lowest, at -164.4. The middle country reads 32.0. Against 2001, 149 values changed (73 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2002

Highest10 countries share it

100.0

LowestArgentina

-164.4

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

161countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
144distinct 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, 2002, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2002: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.0
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	100.0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	100.0
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	100.0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	100.0
Maldives`MDV`Southern 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
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	99.8
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99.6
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.1
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.3
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	97.4
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	96.7
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	96.7
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	96.2
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	95.1
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	94.6
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	94.4
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	91.1
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	90.6
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	88.5
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	87.8
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	86.1
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	83.5
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	83.3
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.8
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	82.8
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	82.7
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	81.0
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	79.5
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	77.7
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	76.9
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	74.5
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	74.5
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	74.0
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	71.0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	70.9
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	70.7
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	69.3
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	68.9
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	64.2
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	64.1
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	62.1
Panama`PAN`Central America	61.4
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	59.9
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	58.0
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	57.3
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	55.6
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	53.9
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	53.9
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	53.7
Colombia`COL`South America	53.3
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.1
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.5
Honduras`HND`Central America	50.4
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	49.2
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	49.0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.7
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	47.9
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	46.4
Venezuela`VEN`South America	45.9
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.3
Peru`PER`South America	44.2
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.7
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	42.4
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	41.2
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.4
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	37.9
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	37.4
Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.9
Belize`BLZ`Central America	35.6
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	34.9
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	33.1
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	32.5
Ecuador`ECU`South America	32.2
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.2
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.2
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	32.0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	31.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	31.7
Chile`CHL`South America	31.6
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	31.2
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	29.6
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	29.4
Bolivia`BOL`South America	29.2
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	28.0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.9
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	27.7
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.7
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	24.9
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	24.7
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23.7
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.4
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	23.3
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	22.6
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	22.5
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.1
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	17.6
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.1
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.6
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16.0
Suriname`SUR`South America	13.3
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12.6
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	11.9
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11.8
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.4
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.6
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.4
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10.3
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.8
Brazil`BRA`South America	9.1
Niger`NER`Western Africa	9.1
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.8
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.6
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.9
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	7.8
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.9
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.7
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.1
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.1
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	4.5
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.8
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.5
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.7
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.4
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.9
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-2.2
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-2.4
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-3.5
India`IND`Southern Asia	-4.3
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-5.6
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-5.7
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-6.5
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-6.5
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-6.7
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-9.9
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-10.1
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-10.5
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-11.5
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-11.7
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-12.1
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-15.7
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-20.1
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-20.5
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-23.2
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-24.4
United States`USA`Northern America	-30.6
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-39.3
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-43.3
Guyana`GUY`South America	-44.8
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-45.5
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-46.2
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-53.2
Uruguay`URY`South America	-73.4
France`FRA`Western Europe	-82.4
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-152.3
Argentina`ARG`South America	-164.4

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Barbadosshared100.0
Republic of the Congoshared100.0
Cyprusshared100.0
Djiboutishared100.0

Lowest

Argentina-164.4
Australia-152.3
France-82.4
Uruguay-73.4
Kazakhstan-53.2

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 161 in both
73 · 76rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Australia-194.9 → -152.3+42.6
Guyana-59.4 → -44.8+14.6
Cabo Verde77.2 → 91.1+13.9
Canada-55.9 → -43.3+12.6
Zimbabwe11.7 → 22.6+10.9

Fell most

Paraguay-18.2 → -46.2−28.0
Iraq75.2 → 53.7−21.5
Gabon94.1 → 81.0−13.1
Belarus20.0 → 9.8−10.2
Oman100.0 → 90.6−9.4

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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 2002.
144 distinct values among 161
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 10 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) (2002). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2002

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