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BookletTechnical briefGeneral and food consumer price indices inflation rates
March 2025 update
2025Also available in:
No results found.Annual changes in global and regional consumer price indices (CPIs) measure inflation rates of food and general consumer prices for a group of countries at different geographical scales: subregional, regional and global. The general CPI covers 207 countries, and the food CPI covers 203 countries worldwide; 18.7 percent of the observations for the food CPI and 7.9 percent for the general CPI are estimated. Country and regional consumer price indices are updated in FAOSTAT quarterly. This FAOSTAT Analytical Brief analyses the March 2025 update.In 2024, many countries witnessed a decrease in general and food inflation due to a decline in fuel and energy costs, lower farm-gate prices, and a gradual fading of the effects of previous shocks. Demand decreased, owing also to tighter monetary policies. -
BookletCorporate general interestGeneral and food consumer price indices inflation rates
March 2024 update
2024Also available in:
No results found.Annual changes in global and regional consumer price indices (CPI) measure inflation rates of food and general consumer prices for a group of countries at different geographical scales: subregional (e.g. Middle Africa), regional (e.g. Africa) and global (all countries). The general CPI covers 207 countries, and the food CPI covers 203 countries worldwide. Country and regional consumer price indices are updated in FAOSTAT quarterly. This brief analyses the March 2024 update. -
BookletCorporate general interestGeneral and food consumer price indices inflation rates
March 2022 update
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No results found.Annual inflation rates of global and regional consumer price indices (CPI) measures inflation rates of food and general consumer price indices for a group of countries at different geographical scales: sub-regional (e.g. Middle Africa), regional (e.g. Africa) and global (all countries). Country and regional consumer price indices are updated in FAOSTAT on a quarterly basis. The general CPI covers 204 countries, and the food CPI covers 200 countries worldwide. The evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty surrounding the geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe in 2021 affected both the year-on-year variation of the consumer price indices and the statistical quality of the price data. According to the latest update the annual variation of the global general consumer price index decreased from 3.8 percent in 2019 to 3.5 percent in 2020 before going up to 6.3 percent in 2021.
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BookletTechnical briefTrade of agricultural commodities 2010–2023 2024
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No results found.Trade is essential in agrifood systems, enabling the distribution of agricultural commodities worldwide. It enhances access to healthy and affordable food, playing a significant role in food security, nutrition and safety – a vital element for countries that cannot produce enough to meet their domestic demand. Trade impacts numerous economic and social factors, such as market dynamics, agricultural productivity and the diversity of its outputs, the assortment, and the quality and safety of food products, and ultimately, dietary composition.The FAOSTAT Trade data domain disseminates statistics on the international trade of food and agricultural products for the period of 1961–2023. The food and agricultural trade datasets are collected, processed and disseminated by FAO according to the standard international merchandise trade statistics methodology.This analytical brief looks at the overall trade of agricultural products, food excluding fish and the main commodity groups for the period 2010–2023. -
BookletCorporate general interestFood balance sheets 2010–2022
Global, regional and country trends
2024Also available in:
No results found.The Statistics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) compiles Food Balance Sheet (FBS) statistics for 191 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 2022 FBS data comprises time series from 2010 to 2022. -
BookletCorporate general interestFood balance sheets 2010–2021
Global, regional and country trends
2023Also available in:
No results found.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.