Data for 2015

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2015

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2015
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2015, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2015 covers 158 countries. 8 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Guyana is lowest, at -734.9. The middle country reads 39.5. Against 2014, 148 values changed (74 up, 74 down), 1 country joined.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2015

Highest8 countries share it

100.0

LowestGuyana

-734.9

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

158countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
140distinct 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, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.0
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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.0
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	100.0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	99.5
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.9
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	98.7
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	98.6
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.4
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	97.1
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	96.4
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	95.8
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	95.4
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	95.4
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	95.1
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	93.6
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	93.5
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.3
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	92.6
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	91.3
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	89.2
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	89.2
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	88.7
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	88.7
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	88.0
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	85.7
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	85.7
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	85.6
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	85.6
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	84.3
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	83.0
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	77.6
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	76.6
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	76.6
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	76.6
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.0
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	75.4
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	74.7
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	74.5
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	70.9
Panama`PAN`Central America	70.8
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	70.4
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	69.9
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	69.0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	66.9
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.0
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	64.8
Colombia`COL`South America	63.5
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.5
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	62.9
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	62.5
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.9
Honduras`HND`Central America	61.8
Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.8
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60.2
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.9
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.7
Peru`PER`South America	49.5
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	49.4
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	48.3
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	46.7
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	46.6
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.4
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.9
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	45.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	45.5
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	45.4
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.7
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.5
Chile`CHL`South America	42.2
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	42.0
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.3
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	41.2
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	41.0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.7
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	39.2
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.4
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.0
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	37.0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	36.4
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34.3
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	32.1
Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.8
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.7
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	29.2
Ecuador`ECU`South America	28.5
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	28.1
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.1
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.9
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.5
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	25.2
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	24.8
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.8
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	20.4
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	20.3
Belize`BLZ`Central America	20.0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18.9
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18.5
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.3
Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.9
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.1
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.5
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.5
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.4
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.2
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.1
Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.9
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.2
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	9.7
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.4
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.5
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.4
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.1
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.2
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.7
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.2
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.6
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-2.5
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-5.3
India`IND`Southern Asia	-7.3
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-7.7
Suriname`SUR`South America	-10.9
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-13.4
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-15.3
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-16.3
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-17.8
United States`USA`Northern America	-18.8
Brazil`BRA`South America	-20.2
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-21.9
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-22.9
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-27.0
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-39.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-40.4
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-44.4
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-48.5
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-51.4
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-57.8
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-58.5
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-59.5
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-59.9
Uruguay`URY`South America	-92.0
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-98.4
France`FRA`Western Europe	-103.2
Argentina`ARG`South America	-139.8
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-145.8
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-156.7
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-176.7
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-179.1
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-203.0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-208.3
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-256.7
Guyana`GUY`South America	-734.9

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Bahamasshared100.0
Barbadosshared100.0
Fijishared100.0
Grenadashared100.0
Jamaicashared100.0

Lowest

Guyana-734.9
Estonia-256.7
Paraguay-208.3
Australia-203.0
Bulgaria-179.1

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 157 in both
74 · 74rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay-192.7 → -92.0+100.7
Australia-226.5 → -203.0+23.5
Morocco41.4 → 62.9+21.5
Paraguay-223.8 → -208.3+15.5
South Africa13.1 → 24.0+10.9

Fell most

Estonia-56.0 → -256.7−200.7
Lithuania-114.7 → -176.7−62.0
Latvia-98.1 → -145.8−47.7
Argentina-93.1 → -139.8−46.7
Ukraine-117.1 → -156.7−39.6

+ Iceland

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 2015.
140 distinct values among 158
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 8 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 158 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2015). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2015

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