Data for 2018

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2018, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018 covers 155 countries. 13 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Ukraine is lowest, at -243.3. The middle country reads 41.4. Against 2017, 144 values changed (83 up, 61 down), 2 left.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2018

Highest13 countries share it

100.0

LowestUkraine

-243.3

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

155countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
138distinct 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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018: 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
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	100.0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	100.0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	100.0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	100.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	100.0
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	100.0
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	100.0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	100.0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.4
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.6
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.2
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	97.8
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.4
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	96.4
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	96.0
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	94.9
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	94.7
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	94.6
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	94.6
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	94.4
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.9
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	91.8
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	90.2
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	89.7
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	88.7
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	88.4
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	87.9
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	87.3
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	86.5
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	85.7
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	85.4
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.8
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	77.6
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	76.5
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.1
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	75.4
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	74.8
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	73.8
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	72.9
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	72.5
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	72.1
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	70.8
Panama`PAN`Central America	67.3
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	66.4
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	66.3
Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.8
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	64.6
Colombia`COL`South America	63.1
Honduras`HND`Central America	62.1
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	61.2
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	59.5
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	56.1
Peru`PER`South America	54.4
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	53.1
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	52.5
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	52.1
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.8
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.7
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	49.6
Chile`CHL`South America	49.0
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	49.0
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	48.2
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.7
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.2
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.1
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	46.0
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	44.1
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	43.8
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	43.5
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.1
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	41.9
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	41.4
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.1
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.6
Ecuador`ECU`South America	40.5
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	39.1
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	38.7
Mexico`MEX`Central America	37.8
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.8
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.5
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.2
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.7
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	34.6
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	33.5
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.2
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.9
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.1
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27.6
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	26.7
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.8
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	22.2
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.2
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21.6
Bolivia`BOL`South America	19.6
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18.7
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18.6
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18.0
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17.4
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16.8
Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.6
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	14.7
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	14.7
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.5
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.4
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	11.9
Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.1
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.0
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.2
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.0
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.1
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.4
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.1
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-1.0
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.7
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-3.9
India`IND`Southern Asia	-5.1
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-6.4
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-7.4
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-8.8
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-9.6
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-9.7
Suriname`SUR`South America	-13.3
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-18.5
United States`USA`Northern America	-21.6
Brazil`BRA`South America	-25.6
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-28.2
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-38.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-45.9
Guyana`GUY`South America	-49.3
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-50.4
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-50.5
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-60.5
Uruguay`URY`South America	-62.2
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-62.9
France`FRA`Western Europe	-67.0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-70.7
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-72.0
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-76.7
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-83.1
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-88.1
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-122.7
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-131.2
Argentina`ARG`South America	-132.5
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-154.3
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-160.6
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-178.8
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-243.3

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Bahamasshared100.0
Barbadosshared100.0
Djiboutishared100.0
Fijishared100.0

Lowest

Ukraine-243.3
Lithuania-178.8
Latvia-160.6
Bulgaria-154.3
Argentina-132.5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 41.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
144values changed, of 155 in both
83 · 61rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Estonia-290.3 → -122.7+167.6
Australia-175.8 → -131.2+44.6
Lithuania-217.3 → -178.8+38.5
Argentina-166.3 → -132.5+33.8
France-99.5 → -67.0+32.5

Fell most

Ukraine-202.1 → -243.3−41.2
Latvia-143.5 → -160.6−17.1
Kazakhstan-71.4 → -88.1−16.7
Paraguay-62.1 → -70.7−8.6
Brazil-17.1 → -25.6−8.5

− Comoros

− North Korea

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 2018.
138 distinct values among 155
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 13 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) (2018). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2018

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