56%

8O%of all livestock

Poultry birdsmake up over

billion chickensin the world

of chickenslive in Asia

billioneggs laid

2O

7

AROUND billioncattlein the world

Cattle andbuffaloesmake up 6%of all livestock

billionsheep in the world

There are over

Sheep and goatsmake up 7%of the world's livestock

1.4

14.4 millionfishing vesselsin the world

Aquacultureprovides

of fish tradeoriginates fromdeveloping countries

6O%

milliontonnes

of fish produced

156 48%

of fish for human food

withdrawal more than

3,8oo km3/year

of worldcultivated areais rainfed

of the world’swater isfreshwater

of world waterwithdrawal is usedfor agriculture

7o% 2.5%

8O% Annualwater

Smallholdersproduce

8O%of food consumedin developing countries

1 in 3people workin agricultureworldwide

6O%of childlabourerswork inagriculture

49.5%of the worldlive in rural

areas

Meatavailability is

42 kgper capita per year

Riceis the primary staple

for over 1 /2the world's population

147 KGaverage annualfood supplyper person

23.5 KGsugar andsweetenersconsumed PERPERSON per year

million tonnesof bananaswere harvested

1O7

million tonnes

of orangeswere harvested

million tonnesof potatoeswere grown

billion tonnesof CEREALSproduced

368 69

2.5

Agricultureand forestryaccount for

of totalenergy used

Agricultureemits 5billion tonnes of

CO2every year 2%

million hectares under

organicagriculturalmanagement worldwide

37 FUELWOODsupplies 1o%of global energy needs

of the world’s land used

FOR agriculture

of the world’s land area used for cropproduction

22% of total AREAharvested used forcoarse grains

Vegetablescover 1%ofthe world’s totalagricultural area

38%12%

ANNUAL FORESTloss OFo.11%

of land areacovered by

forests

3o%

4oo million tonnes

of paperconsumed annually

5o% of paperproduced annuallyis recycled

MORE tHAN

8 4Omillionpeople areundernourished

undernourished

prevalence ofundernourishmentdecreased

34o millionFEWER

by 2o15 to meetWORLD FOODSUMMITTARGET since 199o-92

36.5%

of animal PROTEINintake per person

Fish provides

17%

Global exports of coffee,tea, cocoa and spices

almost tripledbetween 2ooo-2o1o

Worldimports ofwheaTamount to

147million tonnes

World production value

of agriculture3.269.457 million US$

in 2o13 Global foodimport bill is set to reach

1.O9 trillion US$

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our food and agriculture

in numbers(Data refer to the most recent year and to the world, unless otherwise specified.)