FAOSTAT API
Agriculture · Data & Analytics
The FAOSTAT API provides open, programmatic access to FAOSTAT the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' statistical database, one of the world's largest and most authoritative repositories of agricultural and food system data. FAOSTAT covers over 245 countries and territories including Nigeria, spanning data domains from crop production and livestock counts to food security indicators, trade flows, land use, pesticide use, fertilizer consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture going back to 1961.
FAOSTAT API Highlights
FAOSTAT API is verified for developer integrations in Nigeria and across African markets, providing documented endpoints, sandbox testing, and developer support.
None required
Not publicly documented; designed for research use
Nigeria
Ghana
Kenya
AWSFAOSTAT API is best for:
Agricultural research, food security analysis, and commodity data integration using FAO global statistics
- Completely free
- UN FAO public data resource
FAOSTAT API Core Features & Capabilities
Required Access Documents for FAOSTAT API
- None RequiredOptionalNo registration needed; query FAO FAOSTAT data directly by country, commodity, and year
Different FAOSTAT API use cases
- Nigeria Agricultural Production Analysis:Researchers and policy analysts studying Nigerian agriculture can query FAOSTAT for historical production data on Nigeria's major crops cassava, yam, maize, sorghum, rice to analyze trends and inform policy recommendations.
- Food Security Dashboard for Nigeria:Nigerian government agencies and NGOs building food security monitoring systems can integrate FAOSTAT data on food availability, nutritional adequacy, and undernourishment indicators for Nigeria.
- Agricultural Trade Data Integration:Nigerian agribusinesses and commodity traders can query FAOSTAT for Nigeria's agricultural import and export volumes and values to understand trade patterns and market opportunity in regional commodity markets.