Highlights archive
The coronavirus and the potential blackout of national statistics: Reorganizing national statistical systems in the context of COVID-19
24/04/2020
New FAO COVID-19 Policy Brief
FAO’s Big Data tool on food chains under the COVID-19 pandemic
24/04/2020
Real time information on value chains and food security to build analyses and solutions in a period of crisis.
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (SEEA-AFF)
03/04/2020
The SEEA-AFF is a statistical framework that facilitates description and analysis of agriculture, forestry and fisheries as economic activities and their relationship with the environment. It extends to these primary sectors the environmental-economic structure and principles of the System of Env...
Forest product conversion factors
18/03/2020
New publication provides analysts, practitioners and private enterprises with the most up-to-date set of available forest product conversion factors and a better understanding of the units used in the manufacture, trade and reporting of woodbased forest products.
The share of agri-food systems in total greenhouse gas emissions. Global, regional and country trends 1990–2017
18/02/2020
New FAOSTAT data release
Open data licensing for statistical databases policy
10/02/2020
FAO adopts Creative Commons licensing for statistical databases.
Global Forest Products Facts and Figures (2018)
31/01/2020
FAO’s forest products statistics present figures for the production and trade of forest products, covering 59 product categories, 24 product groups, and over 245 countries and territories.
DIGITAL REPORT - The State of Food and Agriculture 2019
22/10/2019
Explore FAO's flagship global report on reducing food loss and waste.
Banana Statistical Compendium 2018
21/10/2019
The Banana Statistical compendium, issued once a year, represents the most authoritative and up-to-date source of information on the world banana economy.
2012 Global Forest Products Facts and Figures
01/03/2019
FAO’s forest products statistics present figures for the production and trade of forest products, covering 53 product categories, 21 product groups and 245 countries and territories.
Statistical Pocketbook 2019
01/03/2019
The new World Food and Agriculture Statistical Pocketbook is a quick reference guide for anyone involved in decision-making for food security.
The Global Administrative Unit Layers
01/03/2019
Release of the 2014 version of the Global Administrative Unit Layers (GAUL). Harmonizes administrative units of all countries in the world and providing users with consistent codes and names.
71st edition of FAO Yearbook of Forest Products
01/03/2019
The FAO Yearbook of Forest Products is a compilation of statistical data on basic forest products for all countries and territories of the world.
African Commission on Agricultural Statistics - 23 4-7 December 2013, Morocco
01/03/2019
AFCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of the African continent, who are responsible for the development of agricultural statistics in their respective countries.