Net food imports by crop - Wheat, per unit of GDP by country
Net food imports by crop - Wheat divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.0001 units per US$ of GDP
Tajikistan
Lowest
-0.0001 units per US$ of GDP
Paraguay
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
59
1961–2019
Data points
6,978
What the numbers show
Net food imports by crop - Wheat, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP in Tajikistan; 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.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 5,172.1%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 1,881.7%).
Net food imports by crop - Wheat, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 54.6% | falling |
| 2 | Eritrea | 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Sudan | 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 290.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Mozambique | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 7 | Burundi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 199.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Algeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Fiji | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 10 | Egypt | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 54.9% | falling |
| 12 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 13 | Morocco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 184.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 265.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Georgia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Afghanistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Cameroon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Mongolia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Jordan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 259.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 29 | Albania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 30 | Lebanon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Mali | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 92.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Tanzania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Venezuela | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2017 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 38 | Turkey | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Jamaica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 40 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Syria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Grenada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 45 | Palestine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 46 | Ecuador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Liberia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 50 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Malawi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Eswatini | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Mauritius | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Namibia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 575.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Cape Verde | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Indonesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Ghana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 113.1% | rising |
| 60 | Peru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Lesotho | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 1,570.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Latvia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Vietnam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Oman | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 149.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Nigeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Belgium | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Botswana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 249.0% | rising |
| 73 | Gabon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 74 | Colombia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 75 | Myanmar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Netherlands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Portugal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Angola | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Belarus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 607.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Greece | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Thailand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 83 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 84 | South Africa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Nepal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 5,172.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Madagascar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Kuwait | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Chile | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Slovenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Malaysia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Italy | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Mexico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Spain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Brazil | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 99 | Bahrain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Israel | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 102 | New Caledonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Belize | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Iraq | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Cyprus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Panama | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 108 | South Korea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Benin | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 110 | New Zealand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Chad | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Austria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Bhutan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Montenegro | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 81.9% | falling |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 116 | Iceland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 117 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 1,832.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Qatar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Malta | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Bolivia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Guyana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 93.3% | falling |
| 122 | Japan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Norway | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Poland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Singapore | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Switzerland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Cambodia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Germany | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Iran | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 132 | French Polynesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 152.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Seychelles | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 134 | China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Sweden | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 136 | United States | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Hong Kong | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Bahamas | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Dominica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2017 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Macao | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 119.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Pakistan | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | India | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 100.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 148 | South Sudan | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Brunei | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 772.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Comoros | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 151 | United Kingdom | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 173.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Slovakia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 179.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Finland | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 214.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Czechia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Serbia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 168.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Denmark | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 380.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Romania | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 319.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Canada | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Uruguay | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 227.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Australia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Hungary | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Lithuania | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Russia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 164 | France | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Bulgaria | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Moldova | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Argentina | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Kazakhstan | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 221.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Laos | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Estonia | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 372.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Ukraine | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Niger | -0 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 1,881.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Paraguay | -0.0001 units per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 5.6% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Net food imports by crop - Wheat divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Net food imports by crop - Wheat ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Net food imports by crop - Wheat 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 - Wheat divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.