Aquastat FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture

SUMMARY

AQUASTAT is the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) global information system on water resources and agricultural water management. It collects, analyzes, and provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country and year from 1960. AQUASTAT plays an important role in monitoring of the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 6 that sets out to "ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all". Additionally, AQUASTAT's new dissemination system allows users to download up to 100,000 data points and the data is made available yearly.

The data team uses AQUASTAT for a number of series including SeriesDesalinatedWater, SeriesLandCultivatedArea, and SeriesLandIrWaterLogged to name a few. To import data into IFs, please follow the instructions found in the Importing Data (general instructions) page.

GENERAL STEPS TO PULL DATA FROM AQUASTAT

Step 1.) Navigate to the home page of AQUASTAT FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture,

Step 2.) Near the top of the page, click on the tab labeled "Database"

AQUASTAT's Homepage

Step 3.) On the left hand side of the page, click on the tab labeled "Country Statistics"

AQUASTAT's Database Homepage

Step 4.) On the left hand side of the page, click on the tab labeled "Database", under "Country Statistics"

THIS WILL OPEN A PAGE ON ANOTHER TAB

AQUASTAT's Country Statistics Page

Step 5.) Under the "Countries" section on the right side, select (ALL) to select all countries

Select (All) Countries

Step 6.) Under the "Year" section on the right side, select (ALL) to select all years from 1960 to the most recent

Select (All) Years

Step 7.) To find your specific variable, click which "Variable Group" it is in, then the "Variable Subgroup", and finally your "Variable"

The Variable Group of your Series

SPECIFIC VARIABLE EXAMPLE: SeriesIrrigatedCropIntensity

Step 8.) On the left hand side, under "Variable Group", select "Irrigation and drainage development"

Select the Variable Group

Step 9.) The "Variable Subgroup" section under "Variable Group" should now be populated with different subgroups. Select the subgroup "Irrigated crop area and cropping intensity"

Select the Variable Subgroup

Step 10.) The "Variable" section under "Variable Subgroup" should now be populated with different variables. Select the variable "Irrigated cropping intensity"

Select the Variable

Step 11.) On the top left side of the page, click "Show Data"

Click "Show Data"

Step 12.) A NEW PAGE WILL POPULATE ON A NEW TAB... on the top right side click on "Download"

Click "Download"

Step 13.) An Excel sheet will download. Now you can format the data to upload it into IFs. To import data into IFs, please follow the instructions found in the Importing Data (general instructions) page