Data for 2013

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2013

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2013
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2013, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2013 covers 159 countries. 8 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Guyana is lowest, at -713.1. The middle country reads 40.8. Against 2012, 151 values changed (72 up, 79 down), 3 left.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2013

Highest8 countries share it

100.0

LowestGuyana

-713.1

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

159countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
148distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2013, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2013: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	100.0
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	100.0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	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
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	99.4
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	99.3
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99.1
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.7
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	97.6
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.1
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	96.6
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	96.1
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	95.8
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	95.5
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	95.5
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	94.3
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	93.9
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	93.5
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	92.1
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.2
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	89.5
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	88.4
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	88.2
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	87.6
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.1
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	85.8
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	84.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	82.6
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	81.2
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	81.2
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	80.4
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	78.7
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	76.4
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	76.3
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	75.9
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.0
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	72.7
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	72.1
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	71.0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	70.3
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	70.2
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	68.5
Panama`PAN`Central America	66.9
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	65.6
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	65.2
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	63.9
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.8
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	63.2
Honduras`HND`Central America	62.5
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	62.3
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.2
Colombia`COL`South America	61.4
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	60.1
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.9
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	58.4
Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.1
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	53.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	51.0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	49.4
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.5
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	46.5
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.2
Peru`PER`South America	45.7
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.1
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	45.0
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	44.8
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	44.8
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	44.7
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	44.3
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.5
Chile`CHL`South America	43.3
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.9
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	41.8
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41.1
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.9
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	40.8
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	40.3
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	38.3
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	37.2
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	37.0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.5
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	33.6
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	33.0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	31.8
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.6
Mexico`MEX`Central America	31.1
Ecuador`ECU`South America	27.9
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.7
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	25.7
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	25.6
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	24.9
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.5
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	24.0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.6
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	23.3
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.8
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	22.3
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	22.3
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.1
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21.8
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.1
Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.7
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.4
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	15.0
Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.6
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.8
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.4
Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.2
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	12.7
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	12.3
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.5
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	11.4
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.5
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.1
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.8
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.4
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.7
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.9
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.8
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	2.5
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-2.5
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-2.6
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-4.0
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-5.3
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-7.0
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-7.5
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-10.2
India`IND`Southern Asia	-10.3
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-12.7
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-13.1
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-13.5
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-15.9
United States`USA`Northern America	-17.0
Brazil`BRA`South America	-17.5
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-18.4
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-18.6
Suriname`SUR`South America	-22.2
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-30.3
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-38.2
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-38.7
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-43.4
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-48.7
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-49.6
France`FRA`Western Europe	-76.5
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-79.1
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-83.0
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-97.1
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-100.2
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-106.1
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-115.2
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-166.6
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-259.6
Uruguay`URY`South America	-306.2
Argentina`ARG`South America	-456.6
Guyana`GUY`South America	-713.1

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Barbadosshared100.0
Republic of the Congoshared100.0
Fijishared100.0
Grenadashared100.0
Jamaicashared100.0

Lowest

Guyana-713.1
Argentina-456.6
Uruguay-306.2
Australia-259.6
Bulgaria-166.6

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 40.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −3countries joined / left
151values changed, of 159 in both
72 · 79rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Argentina-478.0 → -456.6+21.4
France-87.9 → -76.5+11.4
Cyprus78.6 → 87.6+9.0
Guinea-Bissau28.0 → 37.0+9.0
Mozambique40.4 → 47.5+7.1

Fell most

Guyana-16.5 → -713.1−696.6
Lithuania-79.1 → -106.1−27.0
Australia-233.2 → -259.6−26.4
Latvia-74.1 → -100.2−26.1
Ukraine-91.8 → -115.2−23.4

− Iraq

− Maldives

− Solomon Islands

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 2013.
148 distinct values among 159
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 8 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 159 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2013). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2013

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