World regions according to FAO

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Level-2 regions (subregions) defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data

Last updated

January 1, 2023

Date range

2023–2023

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – FAOSTAT country groups

Retrieved on

February 25, 2026

Retrieved from

https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#definitions

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data. “World regions according to FAO” [dataset]. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “FAOSTAT country groups” [original data]. Retrieved July 20, 2026 from https://archive.ourworldindata.org/20260720-185119/grapher/world-regions-according-to-fao.html (archived on July 20, 2026).

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