New FAOSTAT data release

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. 

The new release of ...

New FAOSTAT data release

The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agriculture and rural areas. The data provides information on the status in employment, divisions of agriculture and hours worked of the people employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing and in rural are...

FAO Statistical Yearbook is a primary tool for policymakers, researchers and analysts, as well as the general public interested in the past, present and future path of food and agriculture.

FAO joined forces with the International Labour Organization and the Thünen-Institute of Forestry to estimate the global workforce in forest-related activities and provide insights on labour market trends in this sector. 

Overfishing in the Mediterranean and Black Sea has fallen significantly in the past decade, but exploitation of most commercial species is far from sustainable, according to a report by the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Un...

FAO Food Price Index is now only 0.3 percent higher than a year earlier

FAOSTAT’s new Food Value Chain domain analyzes resource flows beyond the farm sector and across agrifood systems

FAOSTAT, the International Fertilizer Association and leading research universities offer new reference point for assessing agricultural, environment and sustainability priorities

FAO Food Outlook forecasts point to somewhat easing world market conditions, but increasing uncertainties

New FAO Statistics Working Paper

International quotations of food commodity groups covered by FAO Food Price Index all declined, except for cereals

Emissions from agri-food systems are those generated by farm production activities (crops and livestock), land use change and pre- and post-production processes. Emissions generated in agri-food systems beyond the farm gate have recently started to be quantified in an effort to facil...

The GLEAM Dashboard is an interactive web platform to visualize and analyze livestock emissions with a high level of detail. It is a useful tool for livestock stakeholders as well as the general public, to better understand the sector’s impact and to make informed decisions regarding li...

Prices of vegetable oils lead the decline in September

AQUASTAT, FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture, just released a new dissemination system that provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country and by year since 1960.