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Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018

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. 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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 155 countries · select a heading to sort

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
BahamasBHSCaribbean100.0
BarbadosBRBCaribbean100.0
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa100.0
FijiFJIMelanesia100.0
GrenadaGRDCaribbean100.0
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia100.0
JordanJORWestern Asia100.0
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia100.0
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean100.0
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean100.0
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean100.0
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia100.0
VanuatuVUTMelanesia100.0
JamaicaJAMCaribbean99.4
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa98.6
CyprusCYPWestern Asia98.2
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean97.8
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe97.4
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa96.4
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia96.0
YemenYEMWestern Asia94.9
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia94.7
GambiaGMBWestern Africa94.6
OmanOMNWestern Asia94.6
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa94.4

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emiratesshared100.0
  2. Bahamasshared100.0
  3. Barbadosshared100.0
  4. Djiboutishared100.0
  5. Fijishared100.0

Lowest

  1. Ukraine-243.3
  2. Lithuania-178.8
  3. Latvia-160.6
  4. Bulgaria-154.3
  5. 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

Fell most

− 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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 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.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 155 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.

Licence in full

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) (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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07Questions

Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cereal import dependency in Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018?

13 countries share the highest reading, 100.0, so no single country is named.

What year does Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018 cover?

155.

Where can I download Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, 2022.

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