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Structural data from agricultural censuses

April 2025 update

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Series title FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs

Series number No. 102

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cd4674en

Synopsis (short abstract) Censuses of agriculture are large-scale statistical operations conducted at least once every ten years for collecting, processing and disseminating data on the structure of agriculture of a country. They collect data on agricultural holdings (often called farms) at the lowest geographical level, and are conducted under FAO’s decennial World Programme for the Census of Agriculture (WCA).The FAOSTAT domain Structural data from agricultural censuses was launched in 2022 to disseminate holding-level data collected in national censuses of agriculture and makes available data going back to the WCA 1930 round. The 2025 update of the FAOSTAT domain features an update for 15 countries for the WCA 2020 round (bringing the total number of countries with data for WCA 2020 to 66) and new data from earlier rounds for 135 countries and territories.

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FAO. 2025. Structural data from agriculturalcensuses – April 2025 update. FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs, No. 102. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd4674en

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