Net food imports by crop - Maize, per unit of GDP by country
Net food imports by crop - Maize divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
175
Highest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Vietnam
Lowest
-0.0001 units per US$ of GDP
Paraguay
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
59
1961–2019
Data points
7,018
What the numbers show
Net food imports by crop - Maize, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Vietnam; the lowest is -0.0001 units per US$ of GDP in Paraguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 units per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 87,573.6%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 3,465.9%).
Net food imports by crop - Maize, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 144.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Eswatini | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 3 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 5 | Lesotho | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Egypt | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 7 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Algeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Iran | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 135.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Morocco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Colombia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 13 | Peru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Jamaica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Jordan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Cape Verde | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Venezuela | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2017 | up 517.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Botswana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Slovenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 207.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Lebanon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Cyprus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 81.0% | falling |
| 26 | Mexico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 1,103.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Mozambique | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 103.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Syria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 1,392.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Malaysia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 32 | Nepal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 277.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 34 | Portugal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Chile | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 100.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Burundi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Mauritius | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 38 | Namibia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Panama | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Spain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 161.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Netherlands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 43 | South Korea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Guyana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 45 | Albania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 16.1% | flat |
| 46 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Montenegro | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 48 | Turkey | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 1,874.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Belarus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 96.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 51 | Palestine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 52 | Georgia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Israel | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Greece | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 620.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Bhutan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 184.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Oman | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 151.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Iraq | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 62 | Grenada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Belgium | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 159.3% | rising |
| 64 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 234.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Italy | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 218.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Japan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Malta | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Uruguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Austria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 180.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Seychelles | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Kuwait | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 76 | South Africa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 1,578.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Lithuania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 134.8% | volatile |
| 78 | South Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Philippines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Tanzania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 309.7% | volatile |
| 82 | New Zealand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 22,155.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 84 | Eritrea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 79.6% | falling |
| 86 | Indonesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Angola | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Iceland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Brazil | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Germany | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 232.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Thailand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Chad | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 94 | China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Poland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Cambodia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 132.6% | volatile |
| 99 | French Polynesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Ecuador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 101 | United Kingdom | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 2,927.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Cameroon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Bahrain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Central African Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Slovakia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Liberia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Nigeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 87,573.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Brunei | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Qatar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Switzerland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Benin | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 301.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 175.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Myanmar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 14,968.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Norway | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Ghana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 151.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Czechia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Bahamas | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 932.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Tajikistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 137.1% | volatile |
| 124 | India | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 558.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Comoros | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 416.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 591.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Malawi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 129 | New Caledonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Canada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Madagascar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Dominica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2017 | up 394.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Pakistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Singapore | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Hong Kong | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 136 | United States | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 300.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Luxembourg | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 140.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 132.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Gabon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 141 | Fiji | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 142 | Uganda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2013 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Samoa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Macao | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Bolivia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 100.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 239.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 135.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Sweden | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Denmark | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Finland | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Mali | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 1,262.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Serbia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 192.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Sao Tome and Principe | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2014 | down 3,465.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Hungary | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Romania | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 230.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Australia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Russia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 163 | France | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Burkina Faso | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 147.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Belize | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 1,849.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Latvia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Bulgaria | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Moldova | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Argentina | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Kazakhstan | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 215.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Laos | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Estonia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 306.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Ukraine | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Niger | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 1,042.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Paraguay | -0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 5.6% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Net food imports by crop - Maize divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Net food imports by crop - Maize ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Net food imports by crop - Maize FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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About this data
Net food imports by crop - Maize divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.