CountrySTAT is a national statistical information system for food and agriculture. The system harmonizes and integrates data on food and agriculture coming from different sources. Through a core database, policy makers and researchers can group data across thematic areas - such as production, trade and consumption - in order to study relationships and processes.

FAO forms partnerships with national statistical offices and ministries of agriculture to introduce the system and build national capacity to use it. In each country, the national government makes a substantial contribution to deployment, maintenance and training. In 2005, FAO's Statistics Division introduced CountrySTAT in Ghana, Kenya and Kyrgyzstan. Many other developing and developed countries have shown an interest in adopting it.
 

News and Events

11 May 09 - Rome, Italy
	Bill Gates, FAO chief ponder anti-hunger fight  FAO Newsroom Bill Gates co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf met in Rome today to discuss the role of agricultural development in reducing world hunger and poverty....

16 Mar 09 - Bhutan
	Everything you need to know about agriculture  External Site With the launching of CountrySTAT-Bhutan, policy- and decision-makers, as well as local development officials, will now have access to comprehensive and updated statistical agriculture information needed for improved food and livelihood security in the country....

11 Mar 09 - Bhutan
	CountrySTAT Bhutan launched  External Site The system contains regularly updated statistical data on land use, agricultural productions, exports and imports of agricultural products, agricultural inputs, commodity prices, farm machineries, and development infrastructures. ...