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Food balance sheets 2010–2021

Global, regional and country trends

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 10 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Series title FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs

Series number No. 72

Synopsis (short abstract) The Statistics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) compiles food balance sheet (FBS) statistics for 187 countries, which present a comprehensive picture of the agrifood situation of a country in a specified reference period, showing the pattern of a country's food supply and utilizations. The new release of the 2021 FBS data comprises recompiled time series from 2010 to 2021, using new conversion factors and population estimates.According to the latest data global food supply, measured by the per capita dietary energy supply, increased by 5 percent between 2010 and 2021, to 2 978 kcal/cap/day.

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FAO. 2023. Food balance sheets 2010–2021. Global, regional and country trends. FAOSTAT AnalyticalBrief Series No. 72. Rome.


https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8088en

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