The international community calls for a shift towards better prevention, anticipation, and targeting to address the root causes of food crises

This document provides an overview of the global core set of forest-related indicators and presents the latest data on the status and trends of the 21 indicators. 

The Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey says expansion of croplands the biggest cause of deforestation

FAO's Statistics Division compiles Food Balance Sheet (FBS) statistics for 181 countries. FBS present a comprehensive picture of the agrifood situation of a country in a specified reference period, showing the pattern of a country's food supply and utilizations. With the release of FBS data fo...

A new way of measuring rural poverty yields unexpected results in Malawi

War drives large increases in international prices for wheat, maize and vegetable oils

FAOSTAT's agricultural production domain covers data on crops and livestock commodities as well as harvested areas, yields, and live and slaughtered animal numbers for 199 countries. FAO's Statistics Division recently released data up to 2020.  For each time series, data are analysed...

The FAOSTAT Temperature Change domain disseminates statistics of land surface air temperature change by country, with annual updates. The current dissemination covers the period 1961–2021. Statistics are available for monthly...

New FishStat data release

A case study based on SDG Indicator 5.a.1

This statistical classification system for forest products enables the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of high-quality global data on forest products, including production, trade, and production capacity.

New FAOSTAT data release

New FAO Toolkit

The 53rd UN Statistical Commission will take place virtually from 28 February-4 March 2022. The annual Commission provides an opportunity for FAO to inform the wider statistical community of the progress it has made over the past year and what lies ahead.

New FAOSTAT data release

Case study based on SDG Indicator 2.1.2 "Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale"

The report, jointly developed by FAO and the Oxford Poverty and Rural Development Initiative (OPHI), articulates a conceptual framework for measuring multidimensional poverty in rural areas, and develops a rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).