Guide
How should I read FAOSTAT production data?
FAOSTAT is the statistics database of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Countries report their production to FAO; where they do not, FAO publishes its own estimate or imputation, and marks it with a flag.
On Husfarm, figures marked E are estimated by FAO, I are imputed by FAO with a statistical model, and X come from an external organisation. Treat them as approximate.
Production is counted per calendar year and per product as FAO defines it, for example paddy rice rather than milled rice. Yield is production divided by area harvested.
The latest year is usually one to two years behind the current year, because countries report with a delay.
Other questions
- What is a wholesale market?
- What is the difference between wholesale and retail prices?
- What does a wholesale price quote mean?
- How does Husfarm convert prices to euros per kilogram?
- Why do prices of the same product differ between markets?
- What affects fruit and vegetable prices?
- What do grades and classes mean in produce prices?
- What is the difference between farm-gate, wholesale and export prices?
- How often do markets publish prices?
- Why does Husfarm use the median price?
- Why do world exports and imports not match?
- How can farmers use wholesale prices?