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Tuesday, 13th July 2010

United Nations: FAO Databases (FAOSTAT) are Now Open Access and Available for Free

Access FAOSTAT Databases

Once fee, now free.

FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) from the United Nations is now offering all of their FAOSTAT database for free.

From an Announcement:

FAO is granting free and open access to its central data repository, FAOSTAT, the world's largest and most comprehensive statistical database on food, agriculture, and hunger...

Previously, it was possible to download without charge a limited amount of information from FAOSTAT – which contains over one million data points covering 210 countries and territories -- but access to larger batches of statistics required a paid annual subscription.

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FAOSTAT includes data on agricultural and food production, usage of fertilizers and pesticides, food aid shipments, food balance sheets, forestry and fisheries production, irrigation and water use, land use, population trends, trade in agricultural products, the use of agricultural machinery, and more.

FAOSTAT can be consulted using English, French or Spanish and allows users to select and organize the statistical information into tables and charts according to their needs and to download it in Excel format. The original statistic data is supplied by individual countries and regional development organizations in standardized formats. Records go back to 1961, the dawn of the Green Revolution.

Access FAOSTAT Databases

Make sure to notice a large amount of metadata about the materials in the collection.

Source: FAOSTAT

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