Data for 2012
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012
2012, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012 covers 162 countries. 11 countries share the highest reading, 100.0; Argentina is lowest, at -478.0. The middle country reads 39.8. Against 2011, 148 values changed (79 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio · Data for 2012
Highest11 countries share it
100.0LowestArgentina
-478.0Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 162 countries · select a heading to sort
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 100.0 | |
| 99.8 | |
| 99.6 | |
| 99.4 | |
| 99.2 | |
| 98.2 | |
| 97.0 | |
| 96.5 | |
| 95.7 | |
| 95.7 | |
| 95.6 | |
| 95.2 | |
| 94.5 | |
| 94.4 | |
| 93.9 | |
| 93.2 | |
| 92.2 | |
| 89.1 | |
| 88.3 | |
| 87.5 | |
| 87.3 | |
| 85.0 | |
| 84.5 | |
| 83.8 | |
| 83.7 | |
| 78.6 | |
| 77.1 | |
| 76.9 | |
| 76.5 | |
| 76.3 | |
| 75.4 | |
| 75.0 | |
| 73.9 | |
| 73.7 | |
| 73.5 | |
| 70.9 | |
| 70.3 | |
| 69.5 | |
| 68.5 | |
| 68.2 | |
| 68.1 | |
| 65.9 | |
| 65.0 | |
| 63.8 | |
| 63.3 | |
| 61.4 | |
| 61.3 | |
| 60.8 | |
| 60.5 | |
| 60.0 | |
| 58.6 | |
| 56.7 | |
| 53.4 | |
| 50.8 | |
| 50.7 | |
| 49.7 | |
| 48.4 | |
| 47.1 | |
| 46.7 | |
| 46.0 | |
| 45.6 | |
| 45.4 | |
| 45.1 | |
| 44.4 | |
| 44.1 | |
| 42.9 | |
| 42.4 | |
| 42.2 | |
| 41.1 | |
| 40.4 | |
| 40.1 | |
| 39.4 | |
| 38.9 | |
| 38.6 | |
| 38.2 | |
| 37.1 | |
| 34.0 | |
| 33.4 | |
| 32.5 | |
| 31.5 | |
| 31.3 | |
| 31.2 | |
| 30.2 | |
| 29.1 | |
| 28.7 | |
| 28.0 | |
| 27.3 | |
| 26.1 | |
| 24.1 | |
| 23.5 | |
| 23.3 | |
| 22.9 | |
| 22.6 | |
| 22.3 | |
| 22.0 | |
| 19.1 | |
| 17.5 | |
| 16.7 | |
| 16.3 | |
| 15.8 | |
| 14.3 | |
| 14.0 | |
| 13.5 | |
| 13.2 | |
| 13.0 | |
| 11.7 | |
| 11.3 | |
| 11.0 | |
| 10.6 | |
| 9.3 | |
| 9.0 | |
| 8.0 | |
| 7.0 | |
| 6.6 | |
| 3.2 | |
| 1.7 | |
| 0.9 | |
| -1.2 | |
| -1.3 | |
| -2.2 | |
| -3.6 | |
| -4.4 | |
| -6.6 | |
| -6.9 | |
| -7.4 | |
| -8.5 | |
| -9.0 | |
| -14.4 | |
| -14.9 | |
| -16.5 | |
| -17.8 | |
| -18.3 | |
| -19.5 | |
| -22.3 | |
| -24.2 | |
| -27.5 | |
| -30.0 | |
| -32.8 | |
| -34.9 | |
| -34.9 | |
| -45.2 | |
| -59.9 | |
| -74.1 | |
| -77.6 | |
| -79.1 | |
| -87.9 | |
| -91.8 | |
| -102.9 | |
| -154.1 | |
| -233.2 | |
| -309.2 | |
| -478.0 |
02In 2012
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
Republic of the Congoshared100.0
Fijishared100.0
Jamaicashared100.0
Saint Luciashared100.0
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032011 → 2012
Since 2011
What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 148values changed, of 162 in both
- 79 · 69rose · fell
- 14unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Bulgaria-84.0 → -154.1−70.1
Kazakhstan100.0 → 50.8−49.2
Australia-199.9 → -233.2−33.3
Georgia75.6 → 65.0−10.6
Ukraine-81.8 → -91.8−10.0
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
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
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 2012.
150 distinct values among 162
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 11 countries share 100.0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 162 countries has every column.
05The files
Download and cite
The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
- .csv
For a spreadsheet or code
162 rows · 4.4 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download cereal-import-dependency-2012-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
FAO’s own file, on its own site.
Food_Security_Data_E_All_Data_(Normalized).zip
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.
Cite this edition
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2012). Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-import-dependency/2012
0622 held
Other years
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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2011162 countries
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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2013159 countries
All of them
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio: every year22 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012: questions and answers
Which country has the highest cereal import dependency in Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012?
11 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.
What year does Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012 describe?
2012.
How many countries does Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012 cover?
162.
Where can I download Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2012 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2022.