Highlights archive
Land use statistics and indicators. Global, regional and country trends (2000–2020)
05/08/2022
New FAOSTAT data release
Inorganic fertilizers (1990–2020)
05/08/2022
FAOSTAT provides statistics at country, regional and global levels on the production, trade and agricultural use of inorganic fertilizers. These FAOSTAT domains are updated annually. The latest update provides estimates of agricultural use of inorganic fertilizers from 1961 to 2020, bot...
Pesticides use, pesticides trade and pesticides indicators. Global, regional and country trends, 1990–2020
05/08/2022
Pesticides use in agriculture as an input and the agri-environmental indicator measuring use by cropland area serve to monitor the use of pesticides across the globe as well as at the regional and country levels. The data in FAOSTAT have been updated with figures through 2020. Statistics of pe...
Global food commodity prices decline in July
05/08/2022
Vegetable oils and cereals lead FAO Food Price Index lower
General and food consumer price indices inflation rates (March 2022 update)
16/06/2022
New FAOSTAT data release
New UN Food Outlook report: World’s most vulnerable are paying more for less food
09/06/2022
FAO flags risks to food security from high food and agricultural input prices
Guidelines for the calculation of the agriculture water use efficiency for global reporting
09/06/2022
The agronomic parameters in the SDG indicator 6.4.1: yield ratio and proportion of rainfed production
FAO Food Price Index dips in May
03/06/2022
Benchmark measure shows international prices for vegetable oils and dairy products down, while up for wheat, rice and poultry meat
Structural data from agricultural censuses (Country trends, 1990–2010)
24/05/2022
New FAOSTAT data release
FAO unveils new public tool based on agricultural census data
24/05/2022
New FAOSTAT domain allows for easier assessment of trends in agriculture sectors around the world
Trade of agricultural commodities (2000–2020)
10/05/2022
The FAOSTAT Trade data domain disseminates statistics on the international trade of food and agricultural products for the period of 1961–2020. The food and agricultural trade datasets are collected, processed and disseminated by FAO according to the standard International Merchandise Trade St...
FAO Food Price Index eases in April
06/05/2022
World food commodity prices decreased in April after a large jump the previous month, led by modest declines in the prices of vegetable oils and cereals.