Net food imports by crop - Wheat, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Net food imports by crop - Wheat. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
168
Highest
624.49 % change on previous year
Tanzania
Lowest
-147.37 % change on previous year
Pakistan
Median
-1.16 % change on previous year
Years covered
58
1962–2019
Data points
6,677
What the numbers show
Net food imports by crop - Wheat, annual growth rate is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 624.49 % change on previous year in Tanzania; the lowest is -147.37 % change on previous year in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is -1.16 % change on previous year, and the mean is 12.84 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 2,469.2%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 3,393.9%).
Net food imports by crop - Wheat, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania | 624.49 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 655.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Syria | 448.73 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Qatar | 299.52 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 2,469.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Seychelles | 243.9 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 595.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Palestine | 238.21 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 2,289.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Sweden | 211.55 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 558.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Fiji | 160.15 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 1,438.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Cambodia | 125.97 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 228.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Benin | 111.67 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 557.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100 % change on previous year | 1979 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Madagascar | 96.89 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 560.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Uruguay | 94.26 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Finland | 93.78 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Brunei | 91.89 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 193.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Myanmar | 90.77 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Lesotho | 90.17 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Niger | 86.37 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 213.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Turkey | 72.8 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 537.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 61.07 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 798.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Slovakia | 60.02 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 150.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Romania | 57.79 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Bhutan | 57.65 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 51.13 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 277.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Kuwait | 50.4 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 48.94 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 840.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Nepal | 47.73 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 191.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Burundi | 47.1 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Moldova | 43.37 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 609.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Czechia | 42.1 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 149.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Ukraine | 35.63 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 716.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Serbia | 33.7 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.63 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Angola | 31.52 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 131.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Lebanon | 31.02 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Lithuania | 28.59 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 28.11 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 498.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Russia | 26.45 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Barbados | 24.97 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 184.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 21.9 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 21.32 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Gambia | 19.12 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 119.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Mauritius | 17.74 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Guatemala | 17.48 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 378.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 16.48 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Kenya | 14.44 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Namibia | 14.42 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 14.42 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Mali | 14.01 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Colombia | 10.99 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 850.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Egypt | 10.92 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 51 | El Salvador | 10.82 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 52 | China | 10.77 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Denmark | 10.57 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Botswana | 10.31 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 9.97 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Taiwan | 9.29 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.73 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Indonesia | 8.58 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 144.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Canada | 8.42 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Cameroon | 8.28 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 302.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Laos | 7.79 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 109.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Philippines | 6.92 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Jamaica | 6.81 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.69 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Panama | 5.83 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 377.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Portugal | 5.27 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Ecuador | 4.9 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Hong Kong | 4.39 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 108.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Austria | 4.06 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Mozambique | 3.44 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Argentina | 2.71 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 149.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.56 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Eswatini | 1.92 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 103.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Jordan | 1.79 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 104.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 1.39 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Ghana | 0.2859 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Italy | 0.2729 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 78 | North Korea | 0.2284 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Chad | 0.1502 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Macao | 0 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Poland | -0.2763 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 99.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Bahrain | -0.5451 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Oman | -0.6728 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Luxembourg | -1.04 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 101.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Guinea | -1.27 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 98.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.45 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Haiti | -2.24 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Mexico | -2.36 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 82.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Belarus | -2.51 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 96.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Morocco | -2.58 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Peru | -2.8 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 307.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Liberia | -2.83 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 106.1% | volatile |
| 93 | South Korea | -2.97 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 107.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Nigeria | -3.05 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 113.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Netherlands | -3.27 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 117.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Hungary | -3.36 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 105.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Brazil | -3.53 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Greece | -3.76 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 179.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Singapore | -4.29 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 219.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Grenada | -4.6 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 101 | French Polynesia | -4.63 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 138.0% | volatile |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | -4.7 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 119.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Bulgaria | -4.82 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 126.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Bangladesh | -5.05 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 106.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Malaysia | -5.2 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 479.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Thailand | -5.23 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 108.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Japan | -5.67 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Togo | -6.12 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 109.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Norway | -6.38 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 2,255.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Tunisia | -6.65 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Chile | -6.95 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 112 | South Africa | -7.29 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | -7.49 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 114 | New Caledonia | -8.9 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Iceland | -8.91 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 931.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Venezuela | -9.6 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 166.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Switzerland | -9.98 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Belgium | -10.85 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 161.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Georgia | -10.94 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 122.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Spain | -10.94 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 123.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Gabon | -11.69 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 188.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Honduras | -11.88 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 152.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Rwanda | -11.9 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 104.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Albania | -12.22 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 399.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Germany | -14.66 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 106.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Israel | -15 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 254.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Papua New Guinea | -15.41 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 1,392.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | -15.54 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 538.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Nicaragua | -15.55 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 247.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Bolivia | -15.87 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Suriname | -15.92 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Sudan | -16.07 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 106.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Malta | -16.36 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Iran | -17.36 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 137.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Sri Lanka | -17.62 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 263.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Malawi | -17.9 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 137 | France | -18.12 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 356.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Algeria | -19.55 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Cape Verde | -21.39 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Armenia | -24.66 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 192.8% | volatile |
| 141 | New Zealand | -27.83 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 215.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Croatia | -28.08 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Vietnam | -29.07 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 128.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Uganda | -31.89 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 164.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Djibouti | -32.37 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Burkina Faso | -36.54 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 1,133.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Mongolia | -38.89 % change on previous year | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Cyprus | -39.92 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 989.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Slovenia | -40.66 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 180.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Afghanistan | -43.3 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 151 | United States | -43.61 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 244.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Montenegro | -44.85 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Ireland | -45.54 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 352.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Eritrea | -47.54 % change on previous year | 2014 | down 226.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Latvia | -55.44 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 117.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Libya | -59.45 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Estonia | -62.36 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 320.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Belize | -63.69 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 740.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Iraq | -69.5 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 545.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Somalia | -85.11 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Guyana | -88.75 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 3,393.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Central African Republic | -100 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | -100 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Vanuatu | -100 % change on previous year | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 165 | India | -100.24 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 159.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Paraguay | -101.69 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 167 | United Kingdom | -134.82 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 452.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Pakistan | -147.37 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 76.3% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Net food imports by crop - Wheat. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Net food imports by crop - Wheat FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Net food imports by crop - Wheat. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.