Food and Agriculture Statistics

Data dissemination briefs

Credit to agriculture. Global and regional trends 2012–2021. FAOSTAT analytical brief 56

Access to formal credit is critical to farmers for purchasing inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, plant protection materials or animal feed. In the absence of...

Food and commodity balances 2010–2020. Global, regional and country trends. FAOSTAT analytical brief 55

FAO Statistics Division compiles Food Balance Sheet (FBS) statistics for 187 countries, which present a comprehensive picture of the agri-food situation of a country in...

Agricultural investments and capital stock 2011–2021 Global and regional trends. FAOSTAT analytical brief 54

FAOSTAT Capital Stock domain reports on aggregate physical investment flows and capital stock in agriculture, forestry and fishing for 190 countries and territories from 1995...

Employment indicators 2000–2021. FAOSTAT analytical brief 53

FAO updates the employment indicators each year, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) ILOSTAT database that contains a rich set of indicators from...

Agriculture and the food value chain 2005–2015. FAOSTAT analytical brief 51

FAOSTAT launches the new Food Value Chain (FVC) domain to inform users about the breakdown of the national food expenditures by final consumers through the...

Cropland nutrient budget Global, regional and country trends, 1961–2020. FAOSTAT analytical brief 52

The FAOSTAT domain “Cropland Nutrient Budget” disseminates nutrient flows in a given country and year. The Cropland nutrient budget can give an indication of nutrient...

Greenhouse gas emissions from agrifood systems. Global, regional and country trends, 2000–2020. FAOSTAT analytical brief 50

Agrifood systems emit a one-third of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions are generated within the farm gate, by crop and livestock production activities; from...

Development flows to agriculture 2011–2020. Global and regional trends. FAOSTAT analytical brief 49

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...

Inorganic fertilizers 1990–2020. FAOSTAT analytical brief 47

FAOSTAT provides statistics at country, regional and global level on the production, trade and agricultural use of inorganic (mineral or chemical) fertilizers, by nutrient and...