Data for 2019

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2019

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2019 covers 155 countries. 13 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Ukraine is lowest, at -302.1. The middle country reads 39.6. Against 2018, 141 values changed (66 up, 75 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2019

Highest13 countries share it

100.0

LowestUkraine

-302.1

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

155countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
139distinct 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, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	100.0
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	100.0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	100.0
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	100.0
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	100.0
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	100.0
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	100.0
Saint Lucia`LCA`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	99.6
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	98.8
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.4
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	97.7
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	97.2
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	95.8
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	95.3
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	94.5
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	94.5
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	94.1
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	94.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	93.8
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	93.2
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	93.1
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	93.0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	92.6
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	91.8
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	89.6
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	88.3
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	87.4
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	84.0
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	83.3
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	82.8
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	81.5
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.5
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	77.0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.7
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	76.5
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	76.4
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	74.3
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	73.3
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	72.1
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	71.9
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	69.6
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	67.8
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	66.1
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.1
Panama`PAN`Central America	65.7
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	65.4
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	64.4
Colombia`COL`South America	63.7
Honduras`HND`Central America	63.4
Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.4
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	61.3
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	60.4
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	55.6
Chile`CHL`South America	54.5
Peru`PER`South America	54.3
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	53.8
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	51.0
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	50.2
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	49.7
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	49.5
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.1
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	47.8
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.2
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.4
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.4
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	43.8
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.7
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	42.4
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	41.2
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.8
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.2
Ecuador`ECU`South America	39.6
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	39.4
Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.9
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	38.0
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.0
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	37.5
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	37.4
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.3
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	36.9
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.2
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.1
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	32.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	32.8
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	32.3
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.9
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	30.3
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	27.7
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.5
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	25.7
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	23.6
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	23.0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	21.8
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	21.6
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	20.5
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	19.4
Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.9
Bolivia`BOL`South America	17.8
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16.9
Guyana`GUY`South America	16.8
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.1
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	15.7
Niger`NER`Western Africa	15.7
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	15.3
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.1
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	14.8
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.0
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.1
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.0
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	9.7
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	9.1
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.7
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.4
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	3.6
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.6
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-3.1
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-5.5
India`IND`Southern Asia	-6.2
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-8.7
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-10.4
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-13.1
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-14.1
Suriname`SUR`South America	-14.8
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-16.8
United States`USA`Northern America	-21.6
Brazil`BRA`South America	-27.7
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-29.7
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-38.7
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-40.7
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-41.2
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-49.7
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-51.5
Uruguay`URY`South America	-68.7
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-72.7
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-73.0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-73.4
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-77.0
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-80.8
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-85.1
France`FRA`Western Europe	-100.0
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-127.1
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-129.3
Argentina`ARG`South America	-135.9
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-190.7
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-201.8
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-251.1
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-302.1

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
Barbadosshared100.0
Djiboutishared100.0
Grenadashared100.0

Lowest

Ukraine-302.1
Bulgaria-251.1
Latvia-201.8
Lithuania-190.7
Argentina-135.9

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
141values changed, of 154 in both
66 · 75rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Guyana-49.3 → 16.8+66.1
Slovakia-62.9 → -40.7+22.2
Thailand-50.4 → -29.7+20.7
Morocco53.1 → 69.6+16.5
Czechia-50.5 → -38.7+11.8

Fell most

Bulgaria-154.3 → -251.1−96.8
Ukraine-243.3 → -302.1−58.8
Latvia-160.6 → -201.8−41.2
France-67.0 → -100.0−33.0
Moldova-45.9 → -72.7−26.8

+ Mauritania

− Timor-Leste

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 2019.
139 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) (2019). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2019

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