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Food consumption data is some of the most important data in FAOSTAT. In fact, this data is for the basis for estimation of global and national undernourishment assessment, when it is combined with parameters and other data sets.

This data has been the foundation of food balance sheets ever since they were first constructed. The data is accessed by both business and governments for economic analysis and policy setting, as well as being used by the academic community.

User should note that the previous methodology in FAOSTAT has been revised to use the latest estimation techniques available in both the mathematic and econometric communities. Earlier estimation techniques used mostly manual methods.

Sources of Dietary Energy Consumption %

Consumption - Indicator Tables

The indicator tables presented here provide a useful reference for users seeking indicators by topic for all countries. The same country list is used even if the item is not relevant for a particular country. This means that the user can mix and match data of interest. In general, the tables present the basic data and then offer some analytical transformations (percentage of the world, ratio to some other indicator, etc.). All these tables are drawn for the FAO Statistical Yearbook available on line www.fao.org/statistics/ or from FAO Sales and Distribution www.fao.org/icatalog/inter-e.htm

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The Core data set is temporarily unavailable on the FAOSTAT site while a full technical methodogical review and analysis is undertaken. In the meantime, users can access the archive data: http://faostat.fao.org/site/395/default.aspx where consumption and SUA/FBS data are available until 2003.

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Please be aware of the fact that all data displayed here is in primary equivalents, like all other commodities in the FAOSTAT core.