Data for 2011

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2011

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2011
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2011, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2011 covers 162 countries. 14 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Argentina is lowest, at -507.7. The middle country reads 39.8. Against 2010, 145 values changed (81 up, 64 down), 7 countries joined.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2011

Highest14 countries share it

100.0

LowestArgentina

-507.7

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

162countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
141distinct 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, 2011, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	100.0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	100.0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	100.0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	100.0
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	100.0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	100.0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	100.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	100.0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	100.0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	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
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	100.0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	99.8
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	99.4
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	97.3
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	96.6
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	96.3
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	96.3
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	96.1
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	95.7
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	95.5
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	93.8
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	93.7
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	92.9
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	92.7
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	92.7
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	91.5
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	89.9
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.1
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	86.6
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.3
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	85.9
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	83.3
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	78.8
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	78.0
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	78.0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	77.8
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	77.7
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	77.2
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	76.7
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	76.1
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	75.6
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	74.6
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	74.1
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.6
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	70.7
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	69.8
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	68.1
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	68.0
Panama`PAN`Central America	67.4
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	66.7
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	66.2
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	65.3
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	63.8
Honduras`HND`Central America	61.4
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.4
Colombia`COL`South America	60.3
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60.3
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	57.3
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.5
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	55.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	54.5
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	52.9
Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.9
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	51.2
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.9
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.3
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.1
Peru`PER`South America	45.8
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.1
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	44.5
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44.2
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	43.8
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.7
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	43.5
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.1
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.0
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41.4
Chile`CHL`South America	40.0
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	39.6
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.7
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.9
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	34.7
Ecuador`ECU`South America	34.5
Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.1
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	34.0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	31.2
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.7
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	29.9
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.9
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.4
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	29.2
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	28.6
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	27.7
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.7
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	25.5
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.5
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.8
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.2
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	22.8
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20.5
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19.2
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	18.3
Bolivia`BOL`South America	17.8
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	17.4
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16.7
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16.6
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.3
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	13.2
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.0
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	12.9
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12.3
Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.8
Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.5
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10.5
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.6
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.1
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.4
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.3
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	8.0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.8
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	6.3
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.8
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.7
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.2
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.5
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-0.3
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.6
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-3.4
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-4.6
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-5.0
India`IND`Southern Asia	-5.4
Brazil`BRA`South America	-9.3
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-9.3
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-9.3
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-11.3
Guyana`GUY`South America	-14.4
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-16.3
Suriname`SUR`South America	-16.4
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-18.7
United States`USA`Northern America	-24.2
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-25.2
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-25.5
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-25.6
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-27.0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-31.0
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-35.0
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-36.7
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-45.2
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-79.0
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-79.4
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-81.8
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-83.2
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-84.0
France`FRA`Western Europe	-90.5
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-102.6
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-134.4
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-199.9
Uruguay`URY`South America	-361.2
Argentina`ARG`South America	-507.7

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
Republic of the Congoshared100.0
Djiboutishared100.0
Fijishared100.0
Jamaicashared100.0

Lowest

Argentina-507.7
Uruguay-361.2
Australia-199.9
Hungary-134.4
Latvia-102.6

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+7 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 155 in both
81 · 64rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Paraguay-134.3 → 100.0+234.3
Angola52.1 → 65.3+13.2
Guyana-27.4 → -14.4+13.0
Norway54.5 → 66.7+12.2
Timor-Leste30.7 → 42.0+11.3

Fell most

Argentina-168.2 → -507.7−339.5
Uruguay-282.5 → -361.2−78.7
Serbia-31.2 → -79.0−47.8
Hungary-90.0 → -134.4−44.4
Australia-159.0 → -199.9−40.9

+ DR Congo

+ Comoros

+ Libya

+ Papua New Guinea

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Syria

+ Turkmenistan

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.

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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 2011.
141 distinct values among 162
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 14 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 162 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2011). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2011

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