Data for 2016

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2016

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2016
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2016, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2016 covers 155 countries. 8 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Estonia is lowest, at -290.1. The middle country reads 39.5. Against 2015, 143 values changed (88 up, 55 down), 3 left.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2016

Highest8 countries share it

100.0

LowestEstonia

-290.1

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

155countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
140distinct 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, 2016, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2016: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	100.0
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	100.0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	100.0
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	100.0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	100.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.0
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	100.0
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99.4
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	99.3
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.2
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	99.1
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.2
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	96.2
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	95.6
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	95.1
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	94.9
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	94.4
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	94.4
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	93.6
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.6
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	93.6
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	91.1
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	90.2
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	89.8
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	88.8
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	88.1
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	88.1
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	87.1
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	86.0
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	85.7
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	83.9
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.8
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	80.5
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	79.3
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	77.4
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	76.4
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	76.0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	75.0
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	74.7
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	74.4
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	74.1
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.0
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	72.2
Panama`PAN`Central America	71.7
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69.8
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	69.1
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	66.7
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	66.7
Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.9
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.1
Colombia`COL`South America	62.1
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	61.6
Honduras`HND`Central America	61.0
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	57.5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.9
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.4
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	55.3
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51.9
Peru`PER`South America	51.6
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	51.1
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.1
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	48.8
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.8
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	46.9
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	45.9
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.5
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	43.9
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	43.8
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	43.5
Chile`CHL`South America	42.6
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	42.3
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.8
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.6
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40.2
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.5
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.1
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.0
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	37.4
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	37.0
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	37.0
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.7
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	36.4
Ecuador`ECU`South America	33.6
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	33.2
Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.4
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	31.8
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	30.1
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.1
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.5
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	25.6
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.6
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	21.6
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	20.7
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	20.5
Bolivia`BOL`South America	19.0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18.9
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.8
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18.4
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17.9
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17.7
Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.5
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.1
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.7
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.9
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	13.9
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.2
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.8
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9.1
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.8
Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.4
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	6.8
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6.6
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.6
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.0
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.3
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-2.3
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-3.1
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-5.1
India`IND`Southern Asia	-5.5
Suriname`SUR`South America	-6.6
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-7.2
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-14.2
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-15.1
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-17.1
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-18.6
United States`USA`Northern America	-19.7
Brazil`BRA`South America	-22.0
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-23.0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-23.0
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-25.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-41.0
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-42.1
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-46.9
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-48.3
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-50.8
Guyana`GUY`South America	-51.2
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-63.6
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-73.1
Uruguay`URY`South America	-75.9
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-84.0
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-89.4
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-94.3
France`FRA`Western Europe	-95.9
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-113.5
Argentina`ARG`South America	-151.4
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-159.3
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-176.6
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-184.6
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-207.1
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-211.6
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-290.1

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Bahamasshared100.0
Barbadosshared100.0
Djiboutishared100.0
Fijishared100.0
Grenadashared100.0

Lowest

Estonia-290.1
Lithuania-211.6
Ukraine-207.1
Australia-184.6
Bulgaria-176.6

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.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −3countries joined / left
143values changed, of 155 in both
88 · 55rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Guyana-734.9 → -51.2+683.7
Paraguay-208.3 → -113.5+94.8
Australia-203.0 → -184.6+18.4
Uruguay-92.0 → -75.9+16.1
Canada-98.4 → -84.0+14.4

Fell most

Ukraine-156.7 → -207.1−50.4
Lithuania-176.7 → -211.6−34.9
Slovakia-59.5 → -94.3−34.8
Estonia-256.7 → -290.1−33.4
Hungary-57.8 → -89.4−31.6

− Cuba

− Mauritania

− São Tomé and Príncipe

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 2016.
140 distinct values among 155
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 155 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2016). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2016

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