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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.
Multiple shocks keep pushing world further away from development targets
15/09/2023
Worrying FAO report provides food for thought to world leaders ahead of upcoming UN SDG summit in New York
Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2023
15/09/2023
At the mid-point of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, there is an urgent need to understand where the world stands in eliminating hunger and...
General and food consumer price indices inflation rates. March 2023 update. FAOSTAT analytical brief 66
20/07/2023
Annual changes in global and regional consumer price indices (CPI) measure inflation rates of food and general consumer prices for a group of countries at...
Over 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2021 - an increase of 134 million since the start of COVID-19
17/07/2023
On July 12, 2023, the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2023 (published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and...
Employment indicators 2000–2021. July 2023 update. FAOSTAT analytical brief 67
17/07/2023
FAO updates the employment indicators in FAOSTAT each year, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) ILOSTAT database that contains a rich set of...
Pesticides use and trade 1990–2021. FAOSTAT analytical brief 70
14/07/2023
Pesticides are a key agricultural input needed to protect seeds and safeguard crops from unwanted plants, insects, bacteria, fungi and rodents. At the same time,...
Land statistics and indicators 2000–2021. Global, regional and country trends. FAOSTAT analytical brief 71
13/07/2023
Land use statistics describe the ways in which land is utilized and managed by humans and allocated for different purposes, including through administrative arrangements. FAO...
Development flows to agriculture 2012–2021. Global and regional trends. FAOSTAT analytical brief 69
12/07/2023
The development flows to agriculture (DFA) dataset is an important component of agricultural investment financing statistics which also includes government expenditures on agriculture, foreign direct...
