FAOSTAT: Food and Diet: Intake (based on individual quantitative dietary surveys)

The food and nutrient apparent consumption statistics were computed from Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey (HCES) data. HCES is an umbrella term for household-level surveys developed to inform economic policy, such as Household Budget Surveys, Household Income Expenditure Surveys, and Living Standard Measurement Surveys. These surveys collect information on household characteristics (e.g., region and urban-rural), household members characteristics (e.g., sex, age, education, food and non-food expenditures, etc.), and food quantities consumed and/or acquired during a reference period. Despite their limitations HCES have been used for producing food and nutrient apparent consumption estimates at national and subnational levels for the whole population.

The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.

The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) statistics presented here were compiled by FAO's ESN Nutrition Assessment Team from various sources, including the Demographic and Health Survey Program (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), Comprehensive Food Security & Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA), and retroactively computed from national surveys available in the FAO/WHO GIFT platform (https://www.fao.org/gift-individual-food-consumption/en). DHS, MICS, LSMS, CFSVA, and national surveys collect information on food consumption among women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years old) during the previous 24 hours. The characteristics of these surveys, particularly their sample size, allow reporting this data at a high level of disaggregation. The data reported here are therefore more disaggregated and complementary to the full MDD-W dataset presented in the FAOSTAT Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicators domain (https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/SDGB). The MDD-W indicator is also produced and published elsewhere by other international organizations and national governments. MDD-W statistics are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a comprehensive dietary data information system.

The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.

This dataset provides annual statistics on crop and livestock production across countries and territories. For crops, data are provided on area harvested, production quantities and yields. For livestock, data are provided on animal stocks, numbers of producing and slaughtered animals, and the production of meat, milk, eggs and other livestock products. The dataset also includes information on production quantities for selected processed products, such as vegetable oils, sugar, fibres, beer, wine and major dairy products.

The food and agricultural trade indicators dataset is based on trade, production and gross domestic product (GDP) data. Agri-food trade data are collected, processed and disseminated by FAO according to the standard International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) Methodology. The data is mainly provided by UNSD, Eurostat, and other national authorities as needed. The source data is checked for outliers, trade partner data is used for non-reporting countries or missing cells, and data on food aid is added to take total cross-border trade flows into account. The trade database includes the following variables: export quantity, export value, import quantity, and import value. It includes all food and agricultural products imported/exported annually by all countries in the world. Production data details are available at https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL and GDP data details are available at https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/MK