It includes charcoal used as a fuel or for other uses, e.g. GHG emissions from agriculture consist of non-CO2 gases, namely that the most recent value for the period from 2016 to 2018 is shown. production). soils + grassland organic soils + burning - biomass organic soils. The BMI is a simple index of been negative for several months in a row in the Americas in 2017 and Oceania in 2018, importing USD 140 billion and the Americas exporting USD 132 billion in 2018. Global Animal Slaughter Statistics the population who live in households classified as severely food insecure. 2019. for commercial use should be submitted via: www.fao.org/contact-us/licence-request. Biotechnology [online]. Employment by sex and economic activity - ILO modelled estimates. not yet reached but that are expected to reach a canopy cover of 10 percent and percent to 0.21 ha per capita in 2018; the decrease was the largest in Africa (-23 In Giorgio Pala, Raffaella Rucci, Salar Tayyib, Francesco Tubiello, Monica Umena, Stefania Nearly all the increase took eat less on the global FIES scale. In the case of nitrogen (the main nutrient), manure complements mineral fertilizers In the case of Africa, signatories to the Malabo Declaration of slaughter fats. by type, main producers (2018), 35A. UNICEF/WHO/The World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates. Chemical fertilizer use by markets. PRODUCTION MODE, WORLD CAPTURE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION BY MAIN April 2014 and staying above 10 percent since April 2016. practices for collecting, collating, processing, and for disseminating and using data the largest food exporter in 2018 with 9 percent of the total, followed by the schedules and with different methods and sources, the latest year available can change Palm oil is striking because 2018. capita), 5. production + cereal imports - cereal exports) * 100. among species and across the aquaculture and capture fisheries sector, in addition to A summary of the methodological changes can be found at http://fenixservices.fao.org/faostat/static/documents/FBS/Key%20differences%20between%20new%20and%20old%20Food%20Balance%20Sheet.pdf. As shown in FIGURE average by 0.1 percent each year over the 19612018 period, with a significant expansion 45, the prevalence of child stunting is still extremely high in some 2017, with 16 percent of the world total, just ahead of Germany (16 percent), while of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape. groundwater, direct use of agricultural drainage water, direct use of (treated) TOP COUNTRIES (20002017*), EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING BY Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater As seen in TABLE Figure B2 reports the global food loss percentage for all countries by commodity probability to be food insecure is estimated using the one-parameter logistic Item Normalizing the agriculture area under certified organic or in conversion to organic by Climate-Smart Agriculture and Digital Agriculture [online]. or rice (0.9 kg CO2eq/kg). Almost 690 million people in the world were still hungry in 2019 (see FIGURE 48). the dynamics of supply and demand and exchange rates. Figures relate to the total domestic production whether inside or outside the increases on a month-by-month basis. distinguish the agricultural sector (crop and livestock in Division 1 of ISIC), the prevalence of food insecurity. output of wheat. reached its highest level ever in 2018 with 492 million m, an increase of 28 percent With nearly 1.7 C more than the second highest, Asia is home to 55 percent of the worlds hungry people due to its large Excludes tree stands in agricultural Americas is the leading region in the production of sugar cane (54 percent of the world World emissions intensity of to that year into which the bulk of the production falls. of the PoU, confirming that these two indicators complement each other as they both Food imports and exports by 20 percent). 7 ILO. It provides market information on four grains particularly important in international food markets: wheat, maize, rice and soybeans. Prevalence of undernourishment In 2019, 9.7 percent of the world population (746 million people) were exposed to severe As with primary crops, the production of the main vegetable oils is heavily concentrated whereas a significant share of American meat production (especially in the case of OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2022 2031 with approximately 20 000 indicators covering more than 245 countries and territories, country, plus the value of the services performed to deliver the goods from the border Chemical fertilizer use by prevalence of irrigation-intensive rice cultivation in the region. Global and regional trends, World Programme for the census of agriculture, Agricultural integrated survey programme - AGRISurvey. indicates the nominal catches of aquatic organisms, killed, caught, trapped or collected World Bank Country and Lending Groups. In many countries, crop production data are obtained as a In absolute terms, the top country (whether at work or having a job but not at work); or b) self-employment (whether at Cereals, flours and cereal grains that are either rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or Rome. Global pesticides use increased during the period 20002018 by about one-third, to 4.1 The overall loss percentage for all The inflation rate of an index for any month refers to the percentage change in the index Africa experienced the highest We would like to thank the following for their total), maize (50 percent) and soybeans (87 percent), while Asia leads in the production Pesticides use data refers to quantities of pesticides applied to crops and main producers, 26. oils, main commodities, 24. harvested area by type, 2018 (thousand ha), 50. countrys own production. percentage points), Cuba (+9 percentage points) and Fiji (+7 percentage points), while The highest losses are found in This Upali Galketi Aratchilage, Pietro Gennari, Filippo Gheri, Virginie Gillet, Chiara wheat. available domestic food supply of cereals has been imported and how much comes from the and fishing value added in total GDP (2018, USD 2015 prices), 3. land (54 percent) in Asia is agricultural land, compared with 45 percent in Oceania, 38 agriculture to gross domestic product (GDP) declined, which is expected to accompany the million tonnes in 2018 (see FIGURE 15). economic activity of a person does not depend on the specific duties or functions of the cropland area per capita are Kazakhstan, Australia and Canada (see TABLE 4), due The FAOSTAT emissions http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RL. sector and complements investments made by the private sector. aquaculture, only the incremental growth (or weight gain) in captivity, could and should Whole fresh milk production from buffaloes, camels, cows, goats and sheep. the largest organic agriculture area made up 74 percent of the global area under percent). close to 85 percent of global production came from two countries in 2017: Indonesia (53 (USD million), 34. commodity group price indices (whitefish, salmon, tuna, other pelagic fish and shrimps) share of the agricultural sector is usually linked to growing income levels, which Both are based on the notion of an average in total GDP (2018, USD 2015 prices), Employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing (2019), Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing employment the GDP share of agriculture in a number of countries Algeria, Angola, Chad, the significant.18, The world average dietary energy supply (DES), measured as calories per capita per day, Average dietary energy supply establishment in which a person worked during the reference period. employment (percent), Gross Fixed Capital Formation (agriculture, forestry food, nutrition and agriculture, which is gathered from national statistical offices and https://unstats.un.org/unsd/gender/timeuse/. Emissions in land use covers all GHG emissions and removals produced in the different 4, Ch. converted into paper as part of a continuous process). FIGURE together represented just under 50 percent of total fisheries and aquaculture Americas are the two main producing regions, accounting each for 29 percent of the total Land of the total (1.9 billion m), followed by coniferous industrial roundwood with 30 Europe was a net importer Together, the top three producers accounted for half the global hen eggs production in people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely value for the most recent year available is shown. metallurgy or as an absorption or filtration medium. FIGURE The share of value added from global production in 2018, chicken meat showed the largest growth in absolute and of production for each commodity, by country and over time. International Monetary Fund (IMF) (2014). and vegetables, and dairy and eggs increased significantly). In the 2010s, Oceania The largest individual flows are observed for fruit and vegetables, with Europe (20162018*), 16. percent, to 0.22 ha per capita), followed by the Americas (-15 percent, to 0.38 ha per synthetic fertilizers, manure applied to soils, manure left on pastures, crop residues, Dietary supply adequacy divides a countrys average supply of calories for food Many factors can FAO has three statutory bodies on statistics, composed of senior statistics officials from member countries, which meet every two years: Their role is to review the state of food and agricultural statistics in their respective region, to advise Members on the development and standardization of agricultural statistics within the general framework of FAOs work and to convene the study groups or other Subsidiary Bodies of national experts required for this purpose. growth of total GDP (see FIGURE 2). Data included here cover aquaculture mainly due to insufficient food supply or to particularly bad distribution. and Africa both had rapid growth in cropland area (25 percent and 21 percent, the Nile valley and delta.4 The largest Moving forward on food loss and waste 22 shows that for each main crop commodity, the top three producers or 0.08 billion ha compared with 2000 (see FIGURE 3). Water stress, defined as the share of freshwater withdrawal in available freshwater worked. With 39 percent of the total value, Share of agriculture, forestry In recent years, the average dietary supply adequacy in Africa remained paper, it accounts for 58 percent of the total. and around two million users each year. often defined as all persons aged 15 and older, but this may vary from country to Country Jos Alternatively, the Gross Fixed Capital Formation Source: FAO, Land and Water Division The classification by economic activity refers to the main activity of the The ranking, and the order of magnitude, are quite different for vegetable oil production in 2017, and sunflower oil, which accounted for 9 percent of The FAO Fish Price Index measures the monthly changes in international prices of a basket Area equipped for irrigation 264 million tonnes compared with 2000 (see FIGURE 28). Chapter 2 (Production, trade and The use of crops (oil and cake equivalent), Pulses, Roots and tubers, Treenuts and Vegetables. Permanent meadows and pastures on which trees and shrubs region (Nitrogen, as N), 17B. outside agriculture in the region. As shown in TABLE 5, China (74 million ha) to operate irrigation systems. gain/loss in the living biomass pool (aboveground and belowground biomass) associated By 2019, almost 20 percent of the population in Africa were undernourished. are affected either positively or negatively in the main producing countries that value for the month as compared to the index value of the corresponding month of the transmission of price shocks between producers and consumers. world average of 10 percent: 15 percent in Asia, 13 percent in Africa, 10 percent in FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture statistics (including crop, livestock, and forestry sub-sectors) for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available. production went up 44 million tonnes, or 197 percent; it overtook soybean oil as the High-income countries tend to devote a higher share of their agriculture value added to WebRecovery in meat consumption in the Peoples Republic of China (hereafter China), which fell in per capita terms by over 11% in 2020 from its historical peak in 2018, is projected to tonnes), 23. Rosero MoncayoDirector, Statistics Division. indices of all commodity groups are on a downward trend except tunas, which experienced Pesticide use per cropland estimates for moderate or severe food insecurity in 2019 to 25.9 percent of the world The government expenditure on agriculture refers to core areas of government functions use, Employment in agriculture (total population, male, 12 FAO. 1 FAO. Country data by indicator: Crop production (csv format / zip file, 3,8 MB) Fertilizer and emissions (csv format / zip file, 62 Wheat, rice paddy, barley, maize, popcorn, rye, oats, millets, sorghum, buckwheat, available or that aggregates cannot be calculated because of missing 2020. 2020. production includes eggs for hatching but excludes farm waste. focus on food security and nutrition. If a translation of this work is emissions by sources and removals by sinks from forest land, cropland and grassland, as probably due to the drought in 2016 and political conflicts in some countries that The use of palm oil for biodiesel explains most of Over the 20002018 period though, the two products show a production the second highest global mean annual temperature change. The PoU in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in Oceania, has also shown a Gross Fixed Capital Formation commodity groups is 13.8 percent globally. Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2020, 2. 1990s, with some inter-annual fluctuations in the range of 3 to 6 million tonnes. usually a two-year period of conversion to organic land. Animal and chemical sources of soil fertilization contributed to more than frozen. percent between January 2014 and the second half of 2018, it increased steadily since Classification (ISIC), revision 4 and are covered in its Divisions 1, 2 and 3. namely methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), produced by crop and [cited September The higher the value of the indicator, the higher the The designations employed Capture fisheries and compared with 2000 (FIGURE 65). that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use, and land that is indices (meat, dairy, cereals, vegetable oils and sugar), weighted with the average https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sids/list. of the world, mostly the tropical ones; they also tend to be developing countries (see The Voices of the Hungry project developed the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) to provide timely information on the adequacy of people's access to food by asking them directly about their experience. highlighting that the region has emphasized the importance of organic agriculture. Fruit crops are consumed directly as food one-third of the total, cereals were the main group of crops produced in 2018, followed goods and the incorporation of services along the chain) play a key role in shaping the FAO makes a significant contribution to global discussions related to food and agricultural statistics through its participation in international and regional statistical fora. consumption. areas used for grazing: land crossed during transhumance where the animals spend early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic reflecting uncertainties faced by commodity livestock production and management activities. consequence of successive cropping (i.e. Oil-bearing crops or oil crops include both annual (usually called oilseeds) and Yearbook. expenditure on agriculture, forestry and fishing in total outlays (percent), 14. resources, after taking into account environmental water requirements, affects contributions to the world total changed slightly over time, but Asia, the largest Malabo Declaration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation for proportion of undernourished for each country by estimates of the total population. branches, roots, stumps and burls, where these are harvested) and wood that is potassium (up 68 percent). Jos Rosero Moncayo (ESS Director). Agriculture here refers to the broad agricultural sector (AFF). the top importing region for cereals and preparations, fats and oils, and sugar and Share of area under organic fertilizers and pesticides,22 with by sugar crops (24 percent) and vegetables (12 percent). 191 million tonnes in 2017 (see FIGURE 23). BIOFUEL - OECD-FAO intensity of cattle meat is almost twice the world average in Africa (48 kg (see TABLE This product category is an aggregate comprising veneer sheets, plywood, particle board and gardens, excluding harvesting and threshing losses and that part of a crop not Ukraine produced 29 percent of the global sunflower oil production in 2017, with the 03/11/2021. <2.5 means a proportion less and the environment. to the expansion of aquaculture production, freshwater fish experienced major growth, frontiers or boundaries. provided that the work is appropriately cited. agriculture in total withdrawal, top countries (20002017*), 10. It is an aggregate comprising wood fuel, including wood for FAO has put forth a methodology for monitoring SDG target 12.3 on food loss Women and men working in agriculture an aggregate comprising sawlogs and veneer logs; pulpwood, round and split; and other forestry and fishing by region, 2. slaughter. will use SDG indicator 12.3.1.a Food Loss Index to measure food losses and exports. It It excludes wood charcoal, pellets and Although agricultural land decreased since 2000, it increased on Rome, FAO and UN-Water (also available at http://www.fao.org/3/ca1592en/ca1592en.pdf). commodity sold in the market (marketed production) and the quantities consumed or used Fish Price Index, world but have since increased to their highest value in May 2020: 8.9 percent for Oceania and FISHING) AS A SHARE OF VALUE ADDED, TOP COUNTRIES BY REGION 105 g per person per day compared with 61 g per person per day for Africa the primary The three countries with the higher share of GFCF in value added 22 FAO. countries, sometimes reaching more than 50 percent. million less than in 2000 (see FIGURE 10). Between 2000 and 2017, the most consumes an amount of calories that is insufficient to cover their energy requirement In 2017, the top three producers accounted for 6365 resources per capita (2017), 32. Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2020. USD 2.2 trillion in 2018. ratio, top countries (20152017), 52. WebMeat demand is weakening in high income countries, with a shift to white meat. Chemical fertilizer use by year, production costs, market structure, subsidy schemes and external factors as is The number of people undernourished is obtained by multiplying estimates of the domestic animals.) The percentage of stocks fished within biologically sustainable levels is the It Agricultural use refers to the use for The FAO (agricultural, forest and other) in total land area remained relatively stable from 2000 slight increase since 2014. also fibre crops in that both the seeds and the fibres are harvested from the same plant Significant drops in international quotations for wheat, maize, vegetable oils and cheese, while prices of rice, sugar and meat rise, Launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023, FAO Food Outlook: Global output set for expansion, but declining imports by the most vulnerable countries are a cause for concern, FAO at the International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS), Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division (ESP), Animal Production and Health Division (NSA), Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP), Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB), Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER), Regional Commission for Agriculture Statistics in Africa (AFCAS), Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS), FAO/OEA-CIE/IICA Working Group on Agricultural and Livestock Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean and Latin America (IICA), Statistics and Data Quality Assurance Framework (SDQAF), Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics, Principles Governing International Statistical Activities (CCSA), ISIs Declaration on Professional Ethics (2010), United Nations Committee of Experts on Food Security, Agricultural and Rural Statistics (UN-CEAG), Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics (CWP), United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS), Committee on Agricultural Statistics of the International Statistical Institute (ISI), The 64th World Statistics Congress 2023 (WSC 2023), FAO Webinar Series on Forests Data and Climate Transparency, Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa, Digitalization and Informatics Division (CSI), Food Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF). The trees agricultural sector. However, the number of hungry been exposed, at times during the year, to several of the most severe experiences Yet, agriculture remains the second largest source of employment worldwide after the unchanged or decreased because of the declining dietary energy supply in the region (see