Data for 2022

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2022

Name: Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2022
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2022, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2022 covers 161 countries. 16 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Paraguay is lowest, at -1,894.1. The middle country reads 42.8. Against 2021, 142 values changed (84 up, 58 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2022

Highest16 countries share it

100.0

LowestParaguay

-1,894.1

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

161countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
141distinct 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, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2022: 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
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	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
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	100.0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.0
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	100.0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	100.0
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	100.0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	100.0
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	100.0
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	100.0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	99.4
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.3
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	98.5
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	98.4
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	98.2
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	97.3
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	96.1
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	95.2
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	93.7
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	93.4
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	93.1
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	92.6
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	92.5
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	90.9
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	90.6
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	90.3
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	89.6
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	89.3
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	88.7
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	88.6
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	87.0
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	86.6
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	83.9
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	82.9
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	82.7
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	80.8
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	78.7
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	78.5
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.3
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	78.3
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	78.1
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	75.0
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	74.2
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	72.3
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	71.7
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	68.4
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	67.5
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.1
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.8
Honduras`HND`Central America	65.7
Colombia`COL`South America	65.3
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	64.6
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.6
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.0
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	63.0
Panama`PAN`Central America	61.9
Chile`CHL`South America	61.3
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.3
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	54.7
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	54.1
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.1
Peru`PER`South America	52.0
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	50.7
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	50.5
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	50.3
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	49.8
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	49.5
Venezuela`VEN`South America	49.3
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	48.4
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	48.1
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.3
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	46.1
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.6
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.8
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	42.5
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.5
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.6
Ecuador`ECU`South America	39.6
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39.3
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	38.7
Mexico`MEX`Central America	37.6
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	36.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	36.6
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	36.4
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.7
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	35.3
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	35.0
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	34.6
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.1
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	34.0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	32.1
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	30.7
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.5
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	28.2
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	28.0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	27.4
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	26.4
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	25.5
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.8
Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.3
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	23.8
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	22.4
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20.5
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	20.4
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	19.9
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	17.3
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	16.3
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.0
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.7
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	15.4
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	15.3
Belize`BLZ`Central America	13.2
Bolivia`BOL`South America	11.0
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.2
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	8.6
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3.9
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.9
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.8
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.7
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.4
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.3
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-1.2
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-3.2
Suriname`SUR`South America	-4.3
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-7.1
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-9.7
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-9.9
India`IND`Southern Asia	-12.4
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-12.4
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-13.4
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-18.5
United States`USA`Northern America	-20.3
Brazil`BRA`South America	-30.9
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-31.2
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-32.1
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-41.6
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-49.8
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-50.8
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-59.4
Uruguay`URY`South America	-60.5
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-61.4
France`FRA`Western Europe	-71.7
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-100.7
Guyana`GUY`South America	-105.7
Canada`CAN`Northern America	-116.9
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-119.5
Argentina`ARG`South America	-128.2
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-138.1
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-140.7
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-180.4
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-241.6
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-298.4
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-1,015.6
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-1,894.1

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Antigua and Barbudashared100.0
Barbadosshared100.0
Cabo Verdeshared100.0
Djiboutishared100.0

Lowest

Paraguay-1,894.1
Bulgaria-1,015.6
Ukraine-298.4
Australia-241.6
Lithuania-180.4

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 42.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
142values changed, of 160 in both
84 · 58rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Latvia-188.7 → -140.7+48.0
Hungary-93.2 → -61.4+31.8
France-102.6 → -71.7+30.9
Tunisia71.8 → 87.0+15.2
Serbia-56.6 → -41.6+15.0

Fell most

Paraguay61.8 → -1,894.1−1,955.9
Bulgaria-211.1 → -1,015.6−804.5
Guyana-18.7 → -105.7−87.0
Romania-81.8 → -138.1−56.3
Australia-213.8 → -241.6−27.8

+ Guinea-Bissau

− Marshall Islands

− Tonga

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 2022.
141 distinct values among 161
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 16 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 161 countries has every column.

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2022). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2022

0622 held

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