FAOLEX Database

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Dataset Name

Scope

No. of records

Last updated

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Complete Collection

All records

216 679

11.09.2025

325

Agriculture Dataset

Domains: Agriculture and Rural Development, Cultivated Plants, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Livestock, Forestry

106 519

11.09.2025

169

Domain: Fisheries and Aquaculture

30 244

11.09.2025

50

Food and Nutrition Dataset

Domain: Food and Nutrition

39 903

11.09.2025

70

Land and Water Dataset

Domains: Land and Soil, Water

43 285

11.09.2025

80

Environment and Ecosystems Dataset

Domains: Environment, Air & atmosphere, Wild species & ecosystems, Waste & hazardous substances, Climate Change (primary subject)

61 132

11.09.2025

111

Policies Dataset

Type of Text: Policy

11 337

11.09.2025

43

Constitutions Dataset

Type of Text: Constitution

254

11.09.2025

2

 

FAOLEX Metadata Elements

Basic information on the FAOLEX database fields.

 

 

 

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“© FAO. FAOLEX Database. [Dataset Name]. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Extracted from: www.fao.org/faolex/opendata. Date of Access: [Last Updated].”