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Food and commodity balances 2010–2020

Global, regional and country trends

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 14 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Series title FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs

Series number No. 55

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO Statistics Division compiles Food Balance Sheet (FBS) statistics for 187 countries, which present a comprehensive picture of the agri-food situation of a country in a specified reference period, showing the pattern of a country's food supply and utilizations. FAOSTAT Food Balances domain disseminates statistics on FBS compiled using a new FAO methodology from 2010 to 2020. This brief analyzes the latest update.

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FAO. 2022. Food and commodity balances 2010–2020 – Global, regional and country trends. FAOSTAT Analytical Brief, No. 55. Rome.

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