Data for 2017

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2017

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2017
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2017, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2017 covers 157 countries. 8 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Estonia is lowest, at -290.3. The middle country reads 41.3. Against 2016, 146 values changed (91 up, 55 down), 2 countries joined.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2017

Highest8 countries share it

100.0

LowestEstonia

-290.3

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

157countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
139distinct 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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2017: 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
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	100.0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.0
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	100.0
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99.8
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	99.7
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	99.6
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.5
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	98.5
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	98.3
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	98.0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	97.9
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	97.8
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	96.8
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	95.2
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	94.7
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.9
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	93.8
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	93.7
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	93.3
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	93.2
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	92.9
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	92.2
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.5
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	86.9
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.1
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	86.1
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	85.6
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	85.1
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	82.6
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	81.9
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	78.2
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	77.8
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	75.4
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	75.3
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	74.8
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.8
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	74.8
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	74.4
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	74.3
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	72.9
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	72.8
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	72.5
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69.4
Panama`PAN`Central America	69.4
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	66.6
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	65.2
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.3
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	62.9
Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.5
Colombia`COL`South America	61.6
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	60.5
Honduras`HND`Central America	60.4
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57.3
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	54.8
Peru`PER`South America	53.0
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	52.1
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.6
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	51.1
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	50.9
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	49.6
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.8
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	48.3
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	48.2
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	47.8
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	45.9
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	45.6
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	45.6
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	44.2
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	44.2
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.9
Chile`CHL`South America	43.8
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	41.8
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.6
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.3
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.5
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.8
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	39.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.2
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.0
Ecuador`ECU`South America	38.0
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.4
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.6
Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.8
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	33.5
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	31.8
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.1
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	30.0
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	29.7
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.0
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.7
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.7
Bolivia`BOL`South America	20.7
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	20.7
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.7
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.1
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	19.6
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.2
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	19.0
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18.9
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.5
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16.5
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15.8
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.6
Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.9
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.1
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	12.4
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	12.1
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	10.2
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	9.1
Niger`NER`Western Africa	7.0
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	5.8
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	4.0
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.6
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.5
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-1.5
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-2.0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-3.4
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-4.4
India`IND`Southern Asia	-5.2
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-9.0
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-9.8
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-11.2
Suriname`SUR`South America	-11.4
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-11.7
Brazil`BRA`South America	-17.1
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-17.1
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-19.1
United States`USA`Northern America	-21.6
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-23.2
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-38.7
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-42.6
Guyana`GUY`South America	-45.7
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-53.1
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-53.7
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-62.1
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-65.9
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-67.5
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-71.4
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-72.7
Uruguay`URY`South America	-73.0
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-74.2
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-78.5
France`FRA`Western Europe	-99.5
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-143.5
Argentina`ARG`South America	-166.3
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-175.8
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-182.0
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-202.1
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-217.3
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-290.3

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Bahamasshared100.0
Barbadosshared100.0
Djiboutishared100.0
Fijishared100.0
Jordanshared100.0

Lowest

Estonia-290.3
Lithuania-217.3
Ukraine-202.1
Bulgaria-182.0
Australia-175.8

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 41.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 155 in both
91 · 55rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Paraguay-113.5 → -62.1+51.4
Slovakia-94.3 → -74.2+20.1
Hungary-89.4 → -72.7+16.7
Latvia-159.3 → -143.5+15.8
Zambia-23.0 → -9.0+14.0

Fell most

Russia-42.1 → -67.5−25.4
Kazakhstan-46.9 → -71.4−24.5
Argentina-151.4 → -166.3−14.9
Zimbabwe55.4 → 41.6−13.8
Mongolia55.9 → 44.2−11.7

+ Comoros

+ Iraq

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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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 2017.
139 distinct values among 157
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 157 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2017). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2017

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