FAOstat Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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FAOSTAT gives users access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories. Additionally, it covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available. Users are able to select different indicators and download that data.

General Pulling Instructions for FAOSTAT Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Step 1.) Navigate to the homepage of FAOSTAT

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

FAOSTAT Homepage


Step 3.) A page will pop up with a number of different domains, click on the one your series is in

List of Domains


Specific Variable Example: SeriesAgMeatImportValueFAOTrade

Step 4.) SeriesAgMeatImportValueFAOTrade in IFs is under the "Trade" category, select this to bring down a menu

Select the Domain


Step 5.) Click on "Crops and livestock products", a new page will appear

Select the Database in Domain


Step 6.) Under "Countries" on the right hand side, select "Select All"

Select (All) Countries


Step 7.) Under "Years" on the left hand side, select "Select All"

Select (All) Years


Step 8.) Under "Elements" on the right hand side, select "Import Value"

Select the Element


Step 9.) On the bottom left side, next to the tab "Items", select "Items Aggregated"

Click Items Aggregated


Step 10.) Next to the section "Crops and livestock products > (List)", click on the > button to bring down a list of different variables

Click the Dropdown arrow


Step 11.) Scroll down and select "Meat and Meat Preparations + (Total)"

Select the Variable


Step 12.) Scroll down and select "Download Data"

Click "Download"

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

Data in Excel