Highlights archive
Agricultural production statistics (2000–2021)
04/01/2023
FAOSTAT provides harmonized agricultural production data collected for 199 countries and territories for the period 2000-2021. FAOSTAT agricultural production domain covers data on crop and livestock commodities from production volumes to harvested areas and animal slaughtering rates. In ...
World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2022
12/12/2022
FAO Statistical Yearbook is a primary tool for policymakers, researchers and analysts, as well as the general public interested in the past, present and future path of food and agriculture.
Contribution of the forest sector to total employment in national economies. Estimating the number of people employed in the forest sector
09/12/2022
FAO joined forces with the International Labour Organization and the Thünen-Institute of Forestry to estimate the global workforce in forest-related activities and provide insights on labour market trends in this sector.
The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2022
07/12/2022
Overfishing in the Mediterranean and Black Sea has fallen significantly in the past decade, but exploitation of most commercial species is far from sustainable, according to a report by the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Un...
Global food prices overall hold steady in November
02/12/2022
FAO Food Price Index is now only 0.3 percent higher than a year earlier
New data tool explores where the “food dollar” goes
28/11/2022
FAOSTAT’s new Food Value Chain domain analyzes resource flows beyond the farm sector and across agrifood systems
New data to measure cropland nutrient budgets
15/11/2022
FAOSTAT, the International Fertilizer Association and leading research universities offer new reference point for assessing agricultural, environment and sustainability priorities
Alarming signs as the global food import bill set to rise to nearly US$2 trillion due to higher prices
11/11/2022
FAO Food Outlook forecasts point to somewhat easing world market conditions, but increasing uncertainties
Estimating the prevalence of nutrient inadequacy from household consumption and expenditure surveys
07/11/2022
New FAO Statistics Working Paper
Benchmark for world food prices was broadly steady in October
04/11/2022
International quotations of food commodity groups covered by FAO Food Price Index all declined, except for cereals
Greenhouse gas emissions from agrifood systems (Global, regional and country trends, 2000–2020)
04/11/2022
Emissions from agri-food systems are those generated by farm production activities (crops and livestock), land use change and pre- and post-production processes. Emissions generated in agri-food systems beyond the farm gate have recently started to be quantified in an effort to facil...