Countries Most Dependent On Others for Food

Many extraneous factors such as war, drought, regional conflict, and natural disasters can affect a country's ability to feed itself.

34 countries were listed as not being able to produce their own food. Many don’t have enough farmable land.
Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Barundi, Cameroon, Central Aftican Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, North Korea, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

The United States, being one of the world’s largest economies, imports a total of $133 billion USD worth of food and food products, followed by China at $105.26 billion USD, Germany at $98.90 billion USD, Japan at $68.86 billion USD, the United Kingdom at $66.54 billion USD, the Netherlands at $64.38 billion USD, France at $62.29 billion USD, Italy at $51.34 billion USD, Belgium at $40.87 billion USD, and the Russian Federation at $38.60 billion USD.

However, importing a high amount of food does not necessarily mean that a country is food insecure. In fact, many of the world's largest food importing countries also happen to be among the world's wealthiest.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-countries-importing-the-most-food-in-the-world.html

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader