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

Net food imports by crop - Wheat 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
174
Highest
0.3187 units per person
Belgium
Lowest
-0.4594 units per person
Paraguay
Median
0.0276 units per person
Years covered
59
1961–2019
Data points
7,762

What the numbers show

Net food imports by crop - Wheat, per capita is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 0.3187 units per person in Belgium; the lowest is -0.4594 units per person in Paraguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0276 units per person, and the mean is 0.0373 units per person.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 13,308.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 2,191.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 0.3187 units per person 2019 up 1.3% rising
2 Netherlands 0.2981 units per person 2019 up 1.4% volatile
3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2302 units per person 2019 up 37.6% rising
4 Fiji 0.1943 units per person 2019 up 89.9% rising
5 Luxembourg 0.1897 units per person 2019 up 112.4% volatile
6 Azerbaijan 0.1565 units per person 2019 up 50.4% flat
7 Algeria 0.1565 units per person 2019 down 2.9% rising
8 Tunisia 0.1557 units per person 2019 up 34.5% rising
9 Oman 0.1505 units per person 2019 up 131.6% volatile
10 Latvia 0.1396 units per person 2019 down 17.1% volatile
11 Georgia 0.1367 units per person 2019 up 1.3% falling
12 Israel 0.1349 units per person 2019 down 44.0% rising
13 Kuwait 0.1323 units per person 2019 up 1.1% rising
14 Djibouti 0.1306 units per person 2019 up 1,042.4% volatile
15 Lebanon 0.1303 units per person 2019 up 21.6% falling
16 Portugal 0.1298 units per person 2019 down 11.9% volatile
17 Italy 0.1251 units per person 2019 up 15.1% volatile
18 United Arab Emirates 0.1228 units per person 2019 down 37.2% volatile
19 Turkey 0.1207 units per person 2019 up 181.2% volatile
20 Mauritius 0.119 units per person 2019 down 10.7% volatile
21 Grenada 0.1149 units per person 2018 — volatile
22 Tajikistan 0.1113 units per person 2019 up 102.5% rising
23 Spain 0.1091 units per person 2019 down 20.8% volatile
24 Morocco 0.1062 units per person 2019 up 42.3% rising
25 Iceland 0.1058 units per person 2019 down 7.7% falling
26 New Caledonia 0.1034 units per person 2018 down 2.5% volatile
27 Saudi Arabia 0.1031 units per person 2019 up 92.0% volatile
28 Slovenia 0.0992 units per person 2019 up 70.2% volatile
29 Qatar 0.0972 units per person 2018 up 24.3% volatile
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.097 units per person 2019 up 18.6% rising
31 Egypt 0.0969 units per person 2019 down 6.9% rising
32 Greece 0.0968 units per person 2019 up 18.6% volatile
33 Austria 0.095 units per person 2019 up 83.6% volatile
34 Albania 0.092 units per person 2019 up 0.8% volatile
35 Bahrain 0.0893 units per person 2019 up 65.7% volatile
36 New Zealand 0.0866 units per person 2019 up 44.9% volatile
37 Libya 0.0853 units per person 2019 down 67.7% volatile
38 Armenia 0.0838 units per person 2019 down 31.8% flat
39 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0796 units per person 2019 down 9.8% falling
40 Jordan 0.0791 units per person 2019 down 7.9% volatile
41 Norway 0.076 units per person 2019 up 21.1% falling
42 Jamaica 0.0736 units per person 2019 up 3.6% volatile
43 South Korea 0.0724 units per person 2019 down 6.2% rising
44 Mongolia 0.0723 units per person 2018 — volatile
45 Barbados 0.0709 units per person 2019 up 5.3% volatile
46 Ecuador 0.0682 units per person 2019 up 106.9% rising
47 Philippines 0.0646 units per person 2019 up 98.6% volatile
48 Uzbekistan 0.0631 units per person 2019 up 100.3% rising
49 Peru 0.062 units per person 2019 up 18.4% rising
50 Chile 0.0602 units per person 2019 up 48.9% volatile
51 Dominican Republic 0.0552 units per person 2019 up 36.2% rising
52 Costa Rica 0.0547 units per person 2019 down 2.3% rising
53 North Macedonia 0.0538 units per person 2019 up 105.6% volatile
54 El Salvador 0.0527 units per person 2019 up 41.3% rising
55 Venezuela 0.051 units per person 2017 down 3.9% falling
56 Namibia 0.0486 units per person 2019 up 642.9% rising
57 Ireland 0.0482 units per person 2019 down 39.2% volatile
58 Cyprus 0.048 units per person 2019 down 51.7% volatile
59 Sudan 0.0461 units per person 2019 — volatile
60 Switzerland 0.0456 units per person 2019 down 6.3% falling
61 Sri Lanka 0.0446 units per person 2019 down 12.5% volatile
62 Gabon 0.0445 units per person 2019 down 19.3% rising
63 Botswana 0.0436 units per person 2019 up 279.5% rising
64 Senegal 0.0432 units per person 2019 up 27.3% rising
65 Japan 0.0421 units per person 2019 up 14.6% rising
66 Malaysia 0.0414 units per person 2019 up 17.1% volatile
67 Eswatini 0.0409 units per person 2019 up 87.0% rising
68 Palestine 0.0406 units per person 2019 down 0.3% rising
69 Malta 0.0405 units per person 2019 down 32.6% falling
70 Indonesia 0.0402 units per person 2019 up 110.2% volatile
71 Kenya 0.0386 units per person 2019 up 99.7% volatile
72 Cape Verde 0.0384 units per person 2017 down 19.4% volatile
73 Colombia 0.0383 units per person 2019 up 25.6% rising
74 Mexico 0.0382 units per person 2019 up 54.1% volatile
75 Thailand 0.0377 units per person 2019 up 132.6% volatile
76 Guatemala 0.0369 units per person 2019 up 18.1% rising
77 Congo 0.0363 units per person 2019 up 116.3% rising
78 Turkmenistan 0.0358 units per person 2019 up 996.2% volatile
79 Panama 0.0357 units per person 2019 up 13.7% rising
80 Singapore 0.0354 units per person 2019 down 3.9% volatile
81 Belarus 0.0352 units per person 2019 up 804.2% volatile
82 Brazil 0.0317 units per person 2019 up 11.8% volatile
83 Cameroon 0.0308 units per person 2019 up 50.6% volatile
84 Kyrgyzstan 0.0308 units per person 2019 down 51.4% rising
85 South Africa 0.0306 units per person 2019 up 20.5% volatile
86 Guinea 0.0304 units per person 2019 up 468.5% volatile
87 Bangladesh 0.0279 units per person 2019 up 74.2% rising
88 Vietnam 0.0274 units per person 2019 up 71.2% volatile
89 Honduras 0.0271 units per person 2019 up 1.9% rising
90 Papua New Guinea 0.0243 units per person 2019 up 29.2% rising
91 Mozambique 0.0227 units per person 2019 up 22.9% volatile
92 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0226 units per person 2019 up 10.4% rising
93 Nigeria 0.0222 units per person 2019 down 5.3% volatile
94 Suriname 0.0218 units per person 2019 down 22.0% rising
95 Croatia 0.0218 units per person 2019 up 1,963.3% volatile
96 Germany 0.0194 units per person 2019 down 45.1% volatile
97 Ghana 0.0194 units per person 2019 up 103.1% rising
98 Haiti 0.019 units per person 2019 up 12.9% volatile
99 Nicaragua 0.0188 units per person 2019 down 1.6% rising
100 Belize 0.0168 units per person 2019 down 73.6% volatile
101 Montenegro 0.0151 units per person 2019 down 76.4% falling
102 Gambia 0.0149 units per person 2018 — volatile
103 Tanzania 0.0141 units per person 2019 down 25.6% volatile
104 Angola 0.0139 units per person 2019 — volatile
105 Iraq 0.0139 units per person 2019 down 84.5% volatile
106 Rwanda 0.0138 units per person 2019 up 431.7% volatile
107 Mali 0.0137 units per person 2019 up 137.3% volatile
108 Syria 0.0135 units per person 2019 down 82.1% volatile
109 Poland 0.0124 units per person 2019 down 13.7% volatile
110 Ethiopia 0.0113 units per person 2019 down 42.8% rising
111 Togo 0.0106 units per person 2019 down 11.2% volatile
112 Afghanistan 0.0103 units per person 2019 down 55.5% volatile
113 Uganda 0.01 units per person 2019 down 23.8% falling
114 Burundi 0.0097 units per person 2019 up 253.4% volatile
115 Lesotho 0.0093 units per person 2019 down 80.2% volatile
116 Eritrea 0.0092 units per person 2014 down 93.5% volatile
117 North Korea 0.0088 units per person 2019 up 27.9% volatile
118 Myanmar 0.0083 units per person 2019 up 215.0% volatile
119 Liberia 0.0072 units per person 2019 down 17.0% volatile
120 French Polynesia 0.0071 units per person 2018 up 108.2% volatile
121 Guyana 0.0068 units per person 2019 down 89.7% falling
122 Bhutan 0.0064 units per person 2019 down 14.5% volatile
123 Sweden 0.0062 units per person 2019 up 160.3% volatile
124 Malawi 0.0061 units per person 2019 down 39.0% volatile
125 Seychelles 0.0058 units per person 2018 up 121.3% rising
126 Nepal 0.0056 units per person 2019 up 13,308.0% volatile
127 United States 0.0052 units per person 2019 down 36.3% volatile
128 Bolivia 0.0048 units per person 2019 down 21.2% volatile
129 Burkina Faso 0.0044 units per person 2019 up 22.0% volatile
130 China 0.0032 units per person 2019 up 103.3% volatile
131 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0024 units per person 2019 down 13.6% volatile
132 Benin 0.0023 units per person 2019 up 63.8% volatile
133 Madagascar 0.0021 units per person 2019 up 86.3% volatile
134 Chad 0.0018 units per person 2019 down 17.7% volatile
135 Iran 0.0016 units per person 2019 down 97.8% volatile
136 Cambodia 0.0011 units per person 2019 down 23.2% volatile
137 Hong Kong 0.0007 units per person 2019 up 45.3% volatile
138 Somalia 0.0004 units per person 2019 — volatile
139 Antigua and Barbuda 0 units per person 2019 — volatile
140 Bahamas 0 units per person 2019 up 100.0% volatile
140 Central African Republic 0 units per person 2013 — volatile
140 Dominica 0 units per person 2017 up 100.0% volatile
140 Saint Lucia 0 units per person 2019 down 100.0% volatile
140 Vanuatu 0 units per person 2013 — volatile
145 Pakistan -0 units per person 2017 down 100.0% volatile
146 India -0 units per person 2019 down 100.2% volatile
147 South Sudan -0 units per person 2018 — volatile
148 Macao -0 units per person 2018 down 141.0% volatile
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis -0 units per person 2016 — volatile
150 Comoros -0.0002 units per person 2018 — volatile
151 Brunei -0.0002 units per person 2019 down 760.9% volatile
152 Slovakia -0.0067 units per person 2019 down 226.6% volatile
153 Serbia -0.0067 units per person 2019 down 225.1% volatile
154 United Kingdom -0.0068 units per person 2019 down 181.8% volatile
155 Niger -0.0134 units per person 2019 down 2,191.3% volatile
156 Romania -0.0139 units per person 2019 down 431.8% volatile
157 Czechia -0.0161 units per person 2019 up 28.4% volatile
158 Moldova -0.0197 units per person 2019 up 62.7% volatile
159 Finland -0.0214 units per person 2019 down 220.7% volatile
160 Uruguay -0.0217 units per person 2019 down 337.1% volatile
161 Laos -0.025 units per person 2019 up 32.7% volatile
162 Russia -0.0258 units per person 2019 down 8.4% volatile
163 Bulgaria -0.0319 units per person 2019 up 39.4% volatile
164 Hungary -0.0327 units per person 2019 down 98.7% volatile
165 Lithuania -0.0432 units per person 2019 up 8.7% volatile
166 Ukraine -0.0514 units per person 2019 up 56.3% volatile
167 Denmark -0.0518 units per person 2019 down 385.1% volatile
168 Canada -0.0525 units per person 2019 down 20.3% volatile
169 Argentina -0.056 units per person 2019 down 126.0% volatile
170 Kazakhstan -0.0678 units per person 2019 down 337.6% volatile
171 Australia -0.0941 units per person 2019 up 37.2% volatile
172 France -0.102 units per person 2019 down 51.5% falling
173 Estonia -0.2633 units per person 2019 down 671.1% volatile
174 Paraguay -0.4594 units per person 2019 down 39.4% volatile

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Net food imports by crop - Wheat 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 - Wheat ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Net food imports by crop - Wheat, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
174 places, 7,762 data points, 1961–2019
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Net food imports by crop - Wheat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.