Agriculture, food and fisheries
Explore crop production, yields, livestock, food availability and fisheries. This page lists 13 measures from Eurostat, FAOSTAT, World Bank. There are also 7 related measures filed under other topics.
From Eurostat
From FAOSTAT
Cost of a healthy diet per person per day
The cost of the cheapest locally available foods that meet the Healthy Diet Basket standard (starchy staples, vegetables, fruits, animal-source foods,...
People unable to afford a healthy diet
Share of the population whose income, after setting aside an amount for other basic needs, is too low to buy the cheapest healthy diet available local...
Pesticide use per hectare of cropland
Total agricultural use of pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and others), in kilograms of active ingredients, divided by the area of cro...
Nitrogen fertiliser use per hectare of cropland
Agricultural use of mineral fertilisers measured as their nitrogen content, divided by the area of cropland.
From World Bank
Agriculture, forestry and fishing as a share of GDP
Value added by agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing, as a percentage of GDP.
Cereal yield
Harvested cereal production, including wheat, rice, maize, barley and others, per hectare of harvested land. Crops harvested for hay or green feed are...
Agricultural land as a share of land area
Land that is arable, under permanent crops, or under permanent pastures, as a share of land area.
Capture fisheries production
The volume of fish and other aquatic animals caught for commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes in marine and inland waters. Aqu...
Prevalence of undernourishment
The share of the population whose habitual food consumption is not enough to provide the dietary energy needed for a normal, active and healthy life....
Food production index (2014 to 2016 = 100)
The volume of edible food crops and livestock products that contain nutrients, relative to the 2014 to 2016 average. Coffee and tea are excluded.
Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land
Nitrogen, potash and phosphate fertilisers used per hectare of arable land in a year.
Land area
A country's total area excluding inland water bodies such as major rivers and lakes.
Related measures in other topics
Food price inflation (HICP)
The change in the average price level of food and non-alcoholic beverages in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices over the year, compared with the...
Agrifood system greenhouse gas emissions per person
Greenhouse gas emissions of the agrifood system per person, in CO2 equivalent (IPCC AR5 factors): emissions on farms, from land-use change, and from p...
Anaemia among women aged 15 to 49
Share of women aged 15 to 49, pregnant or not, whose blood haemoglobin is below the WHO threshold for anaemia. WHO modelled estimate.
Level of water stress
Total freshwater withdrawn by all sectors as a share of the renewable freshwater resources available after environmental flow requirements. Values abo...
Employment in agriculture
People working in agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing as a share of all employed people. ILO modelled estimates.
Stunting in children under five
Children under five whose height for their age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO growth standard median, a sign of chronic undernutri...
Methane emissions (EDGAR)
Methane emissions from agriculture, energy, waste and industry, excluding land use, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent using IPCC AR5 warming potenti...