RuLIS is a major database to access harmonised data and information on rural incomes, livelihoods and their evolution across countries and time. The resources below include technical documents, guides and briefs to fully leverage the insights from the platform.
Country Briefs
- New RuLIS country brief: Peru. Peru Household, Agriculture and Livelihood Estimates 2015–2021.
This brief uses data from RuLIS, which analyses survey data from the national household surveys – Encuesta nacional de hogares - Condiciones de vida y pobreza – for the years between 2015 and 2021 published by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI).
- RuLIS country brief: Georgia. Georgian household, agriculture and livelihood estimates 2013–2021.
This brief uses data from RuLIS, which analyses survey data from Georgia’s national household surveys – the Integrated Household Survey Database (for the years between 2013 and 2016) and the Household Incomes and Expenditures Survey (for the years between 2017 and 2021). - RuLIS country brief: West African and Monetary Union countries 2018/19 living standards and conditions survey.
This brief analyses survey data from eight Member States of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) to highlight the results of some key indicators related to living standards and conditions, with the aim to support the formulation of evidence-based development policies. - RuLIS country brief: Ethiopia. Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey 2018–2019.
This brief uses data from the FAO's RuLIS database, which aggregates data from the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey 2018–2019 (Central Statistics Agency of Ethiopia, 2019) to highlight the results of some key indicators on agricultural income and rural livelihoods to support the formulation of evidence-based development policies. - RuLIS country brief: Malawi. Malawi Integrated Household Panel Survey 2019–2020.
This brief uses data from the FAO's RuLIS database, which aggregates survey data from the Malawi Integrated Household Panel Survey 2019–2020 (National Statistical Office, 2020) to highlight the results of some key indicators on agricultural income and rural livelihoods to support the formulation of evidence-based development policies. - RuLIS country brief: Mongolia. Mongolia Household Socio-economic Survey 2018.
This brief uses data from the FAO's RuLIS database, which aggregates data from the Mongolia Household Socio-economic Survey (HSES) 2018 (National Statistics Office of Mongolia, 2020) to highlight the results of some key indicators on agricultural income and rural livelihoods to support the formulation of evidence-based development policies. - RuLIS country brief: Nigeria. Nigeria General Household Survey 2018–2019.
This brief uses data from the FAO's RuLIS database, which aggregates Nigeria’s General Household Survey (Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics, 2021) to highlight the results of some key indicators on agricultural income and rural livelihoods to support the formulation of evidence-based development policies. - RuLIS country brief: Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey 2018.
This brief uses data from the FAO's RuLIS database, which aggregates data from the third wave of the Sierra Leone Integrated Household Survey of 2018 (Statistics Sierra Leone, 2018) to highlight the results of some key indicators on agricultural income and rural livelihoods to support the formulation of evidence-based development policies.
Technical Briefs
- Gender and age dimensions in rural agricultural employment: analysis using Rural Livelihoods Information System (RuLIS)
- What is the share of income from crop and livestock production in total income in rural sub-Saharan Africa?
- Adoption of farm inputs, mechanization, irrigation and gender gaps in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from the Rural Livelihoods Information System (RuLIS)
- Weather- and disease-related shocks in agriculture using data from the Rural Livelihoods Information System (RuLIS)
- Measuring SDG indicator 5.a.1: Individual’s land ownership over agricultural land using data from the Rural Livelihoods Information System (RuLIS)