5 Largest Food Importing Countries in the World

  1. Netherland

  2. Annual Value of food imports in 2021 (USD Billions): 33.1

    Annual Volume of food imports (Million Tons): 10.9

    The Netherlands is a food net importer, with a food dependency ratio of 28% in 2021. Netherlands has a land area of 41,526 square kilometers, of which only 29% is arable land. Moreover, Netherlands’ agricultural production cost is relatively high due to high labor costs and low productivity. In 2021, Netherlands imported food products from several key partner countries,  including Belgium, Germany, France, Brazil, and Cote d’Ivoire.