Food and Agriculture Statistics

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FAO develops methodological guidelines and handbooks, technical documents and communication and outreach material related to food and agriculture statistics. FAO is the custodian of international and regional meetings organized regularly to discuss the development of food and agricultural statistics.

Agriculture producer prices indices 2018–2022. FAOSTAT analytical brief 81

The FAO indices of agricultural producer prices measure the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm...

Foreign direct investment flows to agriculture 2013–2022. FAOSTAT analytical brief 77

Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) is defined as an investment which aims to acquire a lasting management influence (10 percent or more of voting power) in...

Agricultural production statistics 2000–2022. FAOSTAT analytical brief 79

FAO Statistics Division provides harmonized agricultural production data collected for 199 countries and territories. FAOSTAT agricultural production domain covers data on crop and livestock commodities...

Agricultural investments and capital stock 2012–2022. Global and regional trends. FAOSTAT analytical brief 75

FAOSTAT capital stock domain reports on aggregate physical investment flows and capital stock in agriculture, forestry and fishing for 195 countries and territories from 1995...

Trade of agricultural commodities 2005–2022. FAOSTAT analytical brief 80

Trade is essential in agrifood systems, enabling the distribution of agricultural commodities worldwide. It enhances access to healthy and affordable food, playing a significant role...

Food loss estimation: SDG 12.3.1a data and modelling approach. FAO Statistics Working Paper Series / 23-39

Food loss reduction is part of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 "Responsible Production and Consumption" in Target 12.3: "By 2030, halve per capita global food...

Credit to agriculture. Global and regional trends 2013–2022. FAOSTAT analytical brief 76

FAOSTAT provides credit data series from 1991 to 2022 for over 130 countries. Credit to agriculture measures the amount of loans and advances given by...

New research urges data-driven action for agriculture and food systems change

The data shows urgent need for improvement, as well as the potential for shared learnings  

The food systems countdown report 2023. The state of food systems worldwide

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative aims to monitor the state of food systems transformation through relevant data, independent of any established monitoring processes.   Such monitoring can...

Just released! The food systems countdown report 2023

The state of food systems worldwide