Data for 2012

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012 covers 162 countries. 11 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Argentina is lowest, at -478.0. The middle country reads 39.8. Against 2011, 148 values changed (79 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2012

Highest11 countries share it

100.0

LowestArgentina

-478.0

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

162countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	100.0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	100.0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	100.0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	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
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	100.0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	99.8
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	99.6
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.4
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	99.2
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	98.2
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.5
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	95.7
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	95.7
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	95.6
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	95.2
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	94.5
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	94.4
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	93.9
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.2
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	92.2
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	89.1
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	88.3
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.5
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	87.3
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	85.0
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	84.5
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	83.8
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	83.7
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	78.6
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	77.1
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	76.9
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	76.5
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	76.3
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	75.4
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	75.0
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	73.9
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	73.7
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	73.5
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	70.9
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	70.3
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	69.5
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	68.5
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	68.2
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	68.1
Panama`PAN`Central America	65.9
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	65.0
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.8
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.3
Honduras`HND`Central America	61.4
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	61.3
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.8
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	60.5
Colombia`COL`South America	60.0
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	58.6
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	56.7
Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.4
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	50.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.7
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	49.7
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	48.4
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.1
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	46.7
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	46.0
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.6
Peru`PER`South America	45.4
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.1
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	44.4
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	44.1
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.9
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	42.4
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	42.2
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	41.1
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	40.4
Chile`CHL`South America	40.1
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	39.4
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	38.9
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.6
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.2
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	37.1
Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.4
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	32.5
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.5
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	31.3
Ecuador`ECU`South America	31.2
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	30.2
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	29.1
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.7
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.0
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	27.3
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	26.1
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	24.1
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	23.5
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.3
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.9
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	22.6
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	22.3
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	22.0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	19.1
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	17.5
Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.7
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.3
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15.8
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.3
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	14.0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.5
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.2
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.7
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	11.3
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.0
Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.6
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.3
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.0
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.6
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.2
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.7
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.9
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-1.2
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.3
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-2.2
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-3.6
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-4.4
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-6.6
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-6.9
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-7.4
India`IND`Southern Asia	-8.5
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-9.0
Suriname`SUR`South America	-14.4
Brazil`BRA`South America	-14.9
Guyana`GUY`South America	-16.5
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-17.8
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-18.3
United States`USA`Northern America	-19.5
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-22.3
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-24.2
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-27.5
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-30.0
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-32.8
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-34.9
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-34.9
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-45.2
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-59.9
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-74.1
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-77.6
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-79.1
France`FRA`Western Europe	-87.9
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-91.8
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-102.9
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-154.1
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-233.2
Uruguay`URY`South America	-309.2
Argentina`ARG`South America	-478.0

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Republic of the Congoshared100.0
Fijishared100.0
Jamaicashared100.0
Saint Luciashared100.0

Lowest

Argentina-478.0
Uruguay-309.2
Australia-233.2
Bulgaria-154.1
Hungary-102.9

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.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 162 in both
79 · 69rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay-361.2 → -309.2+52.0
Hungary-134.4 → -102.9+31.5
Argentina-507.7 → -478.0+29.7
Latvia-102.6 → -74.1+28.5
Canada-79.4 → -59.9+19.5

Fell most

Bulgaria-84.0 → -154.1−70.1
Kazakhstan100.0 → 50.8−49.2
Australia-199.9 → -233.2−33.3
Georgia75.6 → 65.0−10.6
Ukraine-81.8 → -91.8−10.0

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 2012.
150 distinct values among 162
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 11 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 162 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2012

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