Food Import Vulnerability Index (%) of Rice

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The commodity-level Food Import Vulnerability Index (FIVI) is the geometric mean of three components: the share of calories from the commodity, the share of domestic consumption that is imported, and the share of the population that is food insecure.
Rice: The most vulnerable countries regarding rice are Liberia, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau, with index values of 61, 59, and 59, respectively. Dependence on imports and the fact that this product covers between 35% and 47% of caloric needs explains this trend.
Exporters: Defined as countries that export the commodity so they are not vulnerable to world price increases. Other categories are importing countries classified based on the level of the commodity-specific FIVI score.
Chart: Soonho Kim, Nicholas Minot, Rob Vos, Sediqa Zaki, Pierre Mamboundou, and Daeun KoSource: FAO Food Balance SheetsGet the dataEmbedDownload imageDownload PDFDownload SVG