World Agriculture: Trends and Indicators, 1970-91

The tables in this bulletin provide aggregate economic and agricultural growth, performance, production, and trade indicators for the world, 14 geographic regions, the Economic Community, Central Europe, and for 141 countries. These countries account for over 99 percent of the world population, agricultural production, and trade. The indicators cover such topics as population, macroeconomic indicators, food consumption, factors of production, commodity production, trade, and efficiency of resource use. Because of space limitations, the printed volume shows data since 1970 in 5-year intervals, plus the last three years. The supporting data base, available in electronic form, provides the complete 1961-1991 annual information. Raw data used to compute these indicators, as well as basic statistics, come from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, and country publications