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FAO Key Facts
(Source: FAO. 2023. World Food and Agriculture – Statistical Yearbook 2023. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8166en)
Agriculture value added went up 84% between 2000 and 2021, to USD 3.7 trillion
The share of agriculture in global GDP has been stable at around 4% since 2000
Agriculture employed 873 million people in 2021, or 27% of the global workforce, compared with 1 027 million (or 40%) in 2000
Pesticide use went up 62% between 2000 and 2021, with the Americas accounting for half the use in 2021
Agricultural use of inorganic fertilizers in 2021 was 195 million tonnes of nutrients, of which 56% was nitrogen
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The production of primary crops was 9.5 billion tonnes in 2021, 54% more than in 2000
Four crops account for about half of global primary crop production: sugar cane, maize, wheat and rice
The production of vegetable oils went up 125% between 2000 and 2020, driven by a sharp increase in palm oil
357 million tonnes of meat were produced in 2021, 53% more than in 2000, with chicken meat representing more than half the increase
