Data for 2014

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2014

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2014
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2014, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2014 covers 157 countries. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Guyana is lowest, at -716.4. The middle country reads 40.4. Against 2013, 150 values changed (72 up, 78 down), 2 left.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2014

Highest6 countries share it

100.0

LowestGuyana

-716.4

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

157countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
141distinct 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, 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2014: 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
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	99.8
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	99.7
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	99.2
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	99.1
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	98.4
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.7
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	97.1
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	97.1
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.1
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	95.8
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	95.8
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	95.5
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	95.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	94.8
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	93.9
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.8
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	93.2
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	91.4
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	89.9
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	89.5
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	89.2
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	88.0
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	85.7
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	85.3
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	84.4
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	83.7
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	83.2
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.0
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	76.8
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	75.7
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	75.6
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	75.4
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	75.2
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	74.7
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	72.9
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	71.8
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	71.5
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	70.4
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	70.3
Panama`PAN`Central America	68.5
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	67.8
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	65.3
Colombia`COL`South America	64.2
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	63.7
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	62.3
Honduras`HND`Central America	61.2
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	60.5
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	59.9
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	58.1
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	57.1
Venezuela`VEN`South America	57.0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.5
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	54.3
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	50.9
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	48.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	48.0
Peru`PER`South America	47.0
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.3
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	46.0
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.7
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.6
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.9
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.6
Chile`CHL`South America	42.5
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	42.5
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.1
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	41.8
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	41.5
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.4
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.1
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	41.0
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	40.9
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.4
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	39.7
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.7
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.2
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.4
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.6
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.5
Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.7
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.3
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.3
Ecuador`ECU`South America	25.8
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	25.2
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.0
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24.9
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.7
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	24.0
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.0
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.2
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	22.8
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21.7
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	21.0
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.8
Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.9
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.7
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	17.1
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15.3
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.2
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.9
Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.8
Bolivia`BOL`South America	14.7
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.1
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.1
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.6
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10.8
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	8.1
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.6
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.5
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.4
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.4
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.3
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.1
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-2.7
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-2.7
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-4.8
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-6.3
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-7.2
India`IND`Southern Asia	-9.5
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-10.8
Suriname`SUR`South America	-10.8
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-13.0
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-13.8
United States`USA`Northern America	-16.9
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-18.2
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-18.3
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-18.6
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-18.6
Brazil`BRA`South America	-22.4
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-32.1
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-34.4
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-41.2
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-47.6
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-47.7
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-50.9
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-51.9
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-56.0
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-57.8
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-61.1
France`FRA`Western Europe	-83.8
Argentina`ARG`South America	-93.1
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-94.2
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-98.1
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-114.7
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-117.1
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-167.1
Uruguay`URY`South America	-192.7
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-223.8
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-226.5
Guyana`GUY`South America	-716.4

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Barbadosshared100.0
Fijishared100.0
Grenadashared100.0
Jamaicashared100.0
Mauritiusshared100.0

Lowest

Guyana-716.4
Australia-226.5
Paraguay-223.8
Uruguay-192.7
Bulgaria-167.1

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 40.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
150values changed, of 157 in both
72 · 78rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Argentina-456.6 → -93.1+363.5
Uruguay-306.2 → -192.7+113.5
Hungary-97.1 → -57.8+39.3
Serbia-79.1 → -41.2+37.9
Australia-259.6 → -226.5+33.1

Fell most

Paraguay100.0 → -223.8−323.8
Kazakhstan37.2 → -51.9−89.1
Slovakia-30.3 → -50.9−20.6
Angola63.8 → 48.8−15.0
Moldova-18.6 → -32.1−13.5

− Comoros

− Guinea-Bissau

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 2014.
141 distinct values among 157
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 6 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 157 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2014). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2014

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