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Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita by country

Net food imports by crop - Maize divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
177
Highest
0.3625 units per person
Netherlands
Lowest
-0.4571 units per person
Paraguay
Median
0.006 units per person
Years covered
59
1961–2019
Data points
7,815

What the numbers show

Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 0.3625 units per person in Netherlands; the lowest is -0.4571 units per person in Paraguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.006 units per person, and the mean is 0.0315 units per person.

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 153,519.0%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 4,544.1%).

Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands 0.3625 units per person 2019 up 98.3% rising
2 Slovenia 0.3296 units per person 2019 up 223.4% volatile
3 Ireland 0.2987 units per person 2019 up 346.4% volatile
4 Cyprus 0.2435 units per person 2019 up 56.9% volatile
5 South Korea 0.2196 units per person 2019 up 47.6% volatile
6 Spain 0.2093 units per person 2019 up 141.3% volatile
7 Portugal 0.2039 units per person 2019 up 62.3% volatile
8 Costa Rica 0.1882 units per person 2019 up 40.3% volatile
9 Israel 0.187 units per person 2019 up 57.5% rising
10 Belgium 0.1554 units per person 2019 up 169.7% volatile
11 Dominican Republic 0.1379 units per person 2019 up 36.5% volatile
12 El Salvador 0.1275 units per person 2019 up 75.8% volatile
13 Eswatini 0.1266 units per person 2019 up 27.2% rising
14 Japan 0.1262 units per person 2019 down 0.8% rising
15 Chile 0.1256 units per person 2019 up 187.9% volatile
16 Barbados 0.1254 units per person 2019 down 7.5% volatile
17 Peru 0.1236 units per person 2019 up 136.4% volatile
18 Mexico 0.123 units per person 2019 up 89.8% volatile
19 Panama 0.1211 units per person 2019 up 29.2% volatile
20 Colombia 0.1201 units per person 2019 up 63.8% rising
21 Austria 0.1173 units per person 2019 up 192.3% volatile
22 Vietnam 0.1168 units per person 2019 up 585.2% volatile
23 Malaysia 0.1123 units per person 2019 up 20.2% volatile
24 Lebanon 0.1091 units per person 2019 up 44.3% rising
25 Saudi Arabia 0.1085 units per person 2019 up 70.1% volatile
26 Italy 0.107 units per person 2019 up 190.3% volatile
27 Botswana 0.1048 units per person 2019 up 171.9% rising
28 Algeria 0.1006 units per person 2019 up 79.0% volatile
29 Jamaica 0.1002 units per person 2019 up 128.7% rising
30 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0992 units per person 2019 up 1,456.4% volatile
31 Mauritius 0.0939 units per person 2019 up 43.7% volatile
32 Malta 0.0904 units per person 2019 down 32.7% rising
33 Tunisia 0.0864 units per person 2019 up 38.4% volatile
34 Iran 0.0849 units per person 2019 up 73.7% volatile
35 Guatemala 0.0774 units per person 2019 up 68.7% volatile
36 Morocco 0.0754 units per person 2019 up 41.8% volatile
37 Egypt 0.0751 units per person 2019 up 21.5% volatile
38 Greece 0.075 units per person 2019 up 373.6% volatile
39 Jordan 0.0716 units per person 2019 down 1.4% volatile
40 Oman 0.0696 units per person 2019 up 133.3% volatile
41 Honduras 0.0695 units per person 2019 up 46.6% rising
42 Iceland 0.0619 units per person 2019 up 31.9% rising
43 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0605 units per person 2019 up 44.9% rising
44 Cape Verde 0.0578 units per person 2017 up 9.2% volatile
45 Venezuela 0.0554 units per person 2017 up 180.9% volatile
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.054 units per person 2019 up 29.4% rising
47 Turkey 0.0521 units per person 2019 up 1,943.6% volatile
48 Kuwait 0.0504 units per person 2019 down 9.0% volatile
49 Uruguay 0.0496 units per person 2019 up 74.9% volatile
50 New Zealand 0.0494 units per person 2019 up 33,643.4% volatile
51 Montenegro 0.0492 units per person 2019 up 58.6% rising
52 Nicaragua 0.0424 units per person 2019 up 127.1% volatile
53 Seychelles 0.042 units per person 2018 down 29.3% volatile
54 Guyana 0.0408 units per person 2019 up 7.6% rising
55 United Arab Emirates 0.0369 units per person 2019 down 18.7% volatile
56 Albania 0.0365 units per person 2019 up 67.2% volatile
57 Namibia 0.036 units per person 2019 down 10.8% volatile
58 Germany 0.0359 units per person 2019 up 273.3% volatile
59 Grenada 0.0353 units per person 2018 — volatile
60 Belarus 0.033 units per person 2019 up 150.6% volatile
61 Djibouti 0.03 units per person 2019 up 4,267.9% volatile
62 Lithuania 0.0296 units per person 2019 up 157.6% volatile
63 Lesotho 0.028 units per person 2019 down 49.8% volatile
64 Georgia 0.0223 units per person 2019 up 173.3% volatile
65 Armenia 0.022 units per person 2019 up 43.0% volatile
66 Senegal 0.0219 units per person 2019 up 130.5% volatile
67 North Macedonia 0.0201 units per person 2019 down 22.5% volatile
68 Iraq 0.02 units per person 2019 up 575.5% volatile
69 Libya 0.0185 units per person 2019 down 86.5% volatile
70 Palestine 0.0173 units per person 2019 up 51.9% rising
71 United Kingdom 0.0167 units per person 2019 up 3,249.8% volatile
72 Switzerland 0.0162 units per person 2019 up 87.0% volatile
73 Qatar 0.016 units per person 2018 up 20.9% volatile
74 Bhutan 0.0133 units per person 2019 up 107.5% volatile
75 Syria 0.0122 units per person 2019 down 86.1% volatile
76 Nepal 0.0118 units per person 2019 up 859.8% volatile
77 North Korea 0.0115 units per person 2019 up 112.3% volatile
78 Norway 0.0114 units per person 2019 up 70.0% volatile
79 Bahrain 0.01 units per person 2019 down 17.4% volatile
80 South Africa 0.0099 units per person 2019 up 1,619.9% volatile
81 French Polynesia 0.009 units per person 2018 down 52.2% volatile
82 Poland 0.0081 units per person 2019 up 5.7% volatile
83 Bangladesh 0.0078 units per person 2019 up 97.8% volatile
84 Brazil 0.007 units per person 2019 up 18.8% volatile
85 Brunei 0.0069 units per person 2019 up 114.2% volatile
86 China 0.0068 units per person 2019 up 93.8% volatile
87 Suriname 0.0064 units per person 2019 down 82.9% volatile
88 Slovakia 0.0063 units per person 2019 up 10.8% volatile
89 Rwanda 0.006 units per person 2019 up 14.6% volatile
90 Mozambique 0.0057 units per person 2019 up 92.9% volatile
91 Thailand 0.0056 units per person 2019 up 25.9% volatile
92 Azerbaijan 0.0055 units per person 2019 down 33.3% volatile
93 Sri Lanka 0.0051 units per person 2019 up 276.7% volatile
94 Luxembourg 0.0043 units per person 2019 up 141.7% volatile
95 Haiti 0.0043 units per person 2019 up 209.4% volatile
96 Philippines 0.0041 units per person 2019 up 29.0% volatile
97 Bahamas 0.004 units per person 2019 up 1,156.1% volatile
98 Kenya 0.004 units per person 2019 down 89.3% volatile
99 Indonesia 0.0038 units per person 2019 up 171.0% volatile
100 South Sudan 0.0038 units per person 2018 — volatile
101 Canada 0.0036 units per person 2019 down 67.9% volatile
102 Singapore 0.0034 units per person 2019 up 9.4% volatile
103 Czechia 0.003 units per person 2019 up 113.1% volatile
104 United States 0.0028 units per person 2019 up 453.6% volatile
105 New Caledonia 0.0028 units per person 2018 down 54.8% volatile
106 Ecuador 0.0025 units per person 2019 down 89.8% volatile
107 Hong Kong 0.0024 units per person 2019 down 42.7% volatile
108 Angola 0.0023 units per person 2019 up 28.5% volatile
109 Burundi 0.0019 units per person 2019 down 34.6% volatile
110 Somalia 0.0015 units per person 2019 down 20.1% volatile
111 Croatia 0.0014 units per person 2019 up 643.7% volatile
112 Tanzania 0.0013 units per person 2019 up 527.1% volatile
113 Cambodia 0.001 units per person 2019 up 491.1% volatile
114 Nigeria 0.0009 units per person 2019 up 153,519.0% volatile
115 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0006 units per person 2019 — volatile
116 Chad 0.0006 units per person 2019 up 10.1% volatile
117 Dominica 0.0006 units per person 2017 up 474.6% volatile
118 Cameroon 0.0006 units per person 2019 down 48.1% volatile
119 Congo 0.0004 units per person 2019 up 204.1% volatile
120 Turkmenistan 0.0004 units per person 2019 up 109.2% volatile
121 Saint Lucia 0.0003 units per person 2019 up 231.5% volatile
122 Eritrea 0.0003 units per person 2014 down 85.5% volatile
123 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0003 units per person 2019 up 132.2% volatile
124 Afghanistan 0.0003 units per person 2019 up 0.8% volatile
125 Ghana 0.0003 units per person 2019 up 139.1% volatile
126 Kyrgyzstan 0.0002 units per person 2019 up 322.8% volatile
127 India 0.0002 units per person 2019 up 953.8% volatile
128 Myanmar 0.0002 units per person 2019 up 28,230.1% volatile
129 Ethiopia 0.0002 units per person 2019 down 64.6% volatile
130 Benin 0.0002 units per person 2019 up 343.1% volatile
131 Liberia 0.0002 units per person 2019 down 19.2% volatile
132 Sudan 0.0002 units per person 2019 — volatile
133 Gabon 0.0002 units per person 2019 down 11.7% falling
134 Comoros 0.0001 units per person 2018 up 446.9% volatile
135 Fiji 0.0001 units per person 2019 up 89.3% rising
136 Guinea 0.0001 units per person 2019 down 48.8% volatile
137 Central African Republic 0.0001 units per person 2015 up 9.4% volatile
138 Togo 0.0001 units per person 2019 down 65.8% volatile
139 Tajikistan 0.0001 units per person 2019 up 148.6% volatile
140 Pakistan 0.0001 units per person 2019 down 63.6% volatile
141 Malawi 0.0001 units per person 2019 down 98.7% volatile
142 Macao 0 units per person 2018 down 17.9% volatile
143 Madagascar 0 units per person 2019 down 92.5% volatile
144 Vanuatu 0 units per person 2013 up 215.5% volatile
145 Papua New Guinea 0 units per person 2019 up 39.9% volatile
146 Uganda 0 units per person 2019 down 90.9% volatile
147 Cote d'Ivoire 0 units per person 2019 down 99.4% volatile
148 Gambia 0 units per person 2018 down 93.0% volatile
149 Samoa 0 units per person 2019 up 103.9% volatile
150 Guinea-Bissau 0 units per person 2019 down 99.9% volatile
151 Bolivia -0 units per person 2019 down 100.7% volatile
152 East Timor -0.0001 units per person 2018 — volatile
153 Uzbekistan -0.0002 units per person 2019 down 124.7% volatile
154 Mali -0.0005 units per person 2019 down 1,535.2% volatile
155 Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.0005 units per person 2019 down 299.8% volatile
156 Sao Tome and Principe -0.0015 units per person 2014 down 4,544.1% volatile
157 Burkina Faso -0.0018 units per person 2019 down 214.9% volatile
158 Serbia -0.0063 units per person 2019 down 253.1% volatile
159 Sweden -0.009 units per person 2019 up 57.4% volatile
160 Niger -0.0124 units per person 2019 down 1,206.2% volatile
161 Denmark -0.0148 units per person 2019 up 61.5% volatile
162 Belize -0.0159 units per person 2019 down 2,099.6% volatile
163 Moldova -0.0187 units per person 2019 up 64.9% volatile
164 Finland -0.0193 units per person 2019 down 58.3% volatile
165 Laos -0.0247 units per person 2019 up 33.5% volatile
166 Hungary -0.0248 units per person 2019 down 33.0% volatile
167 Romania -0.0261 units per person 2019 down 296.9% volatile
168 Russia -0.0269 units per person 2019 down 11.1% volatile
169 Bulgaria -0.0364 units per person 2019 up 11.2% volatile
170 Ukraine -0.0509 units per person 2019 up 56.7% volatile
171 Argentina -0.0559 units per person 2019 down 126.4% volatile
172 Latvia -0.0559 units per person 2019 down 13.5% volatile
173 Kazakhstan -0.085 units per person 2019 down 329.7% volatile
174 France -0.096 units per person 2019 down 42.0% falling
175 Australia -0.1132 units per person 2019 up 24.4% volatile
176 Estonia -0.2542 units per person 2019 down 563.0% volatile
177 Paraguay -0.4571 units per person 2019 down 39.4% volatile

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Net food imports by crop - Maize divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Net food imports by crop - Maize ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Net food imports by crop - Maize, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
177 places, 7,815 data points, 1961–2019
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Net food imports by crop - Maize divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.