Data and Statistical Sources: Agriculture and Food

Data about agricultural and food policy. Topics include agricultural productivity rates, consumer grocery prices, food availability, obesity, food assistance, and more. Time-series data.

Data from the Census of Agriculture and many smaller, more frequent surveys about agricultural production. The frequency of surveys varies. County- and ZIP code-level data is available about the demographics of farmers, farm income, and production.

Datasets available in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.

FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available. Searchable by country of by indicators such as production, food security, climate change, forestry, and more.

Provides monthly time-series data on the prices of specific food items in specific cities, primarily in developing countries. Data is available from 1990 to present.

Household-level surveys, country-level data, and social accounting matrices covering food consumption, finance, and agricultural commodities.

Data estimates of the amount and type of agricultural and food-related subsidies provided to farmers, consumers, and to support agriculture in a given country.

Forestry-related datasets, beginning in 1990, that cover biological diversity, number of square hectares of forest, economic benefits of forests, wood harvested, and more. Data is available by country, by forest, or by forest type.

Data from 1988 to present on the types and quantities of international food aid provided to various countries, the donors who provided the food aid, and the nutritional value of that aid. Use the map to locate visit a country's page and view that country's report.