Global Food Production vs Human Consumption (all categories, 1000 tonnes)
Source: FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets — 11 non-overlapping food groups summed. Production = total harvested/produced. Food = portion used for human consumption. The gap represents feed, losses, processing, seed, and stock changes.
Surplus / Deficit — Production minus Food Consumption
Positive values mean global production exceeds direct human food use. This surplus feeds livestock, is lost to waste, or is processed into non-food products. A narrowing gap signals tightening margins.
Surplus by Category — Where the Margin Comes From
Stacked area: each category's contribution to the global production-minus-food surplus. Categories that shrink over time represent tightening supply chains.
Data Coverage — Countries Reporting FBS Production per Year
How many countries contribute data each year. Drops indicate reporting gaps — periods where we are flying blind. Each view on this dashboard cross-references independent sources to identify where the data itself is scarce.
World Production by Commodity (tonnes)
Total World Food Production (tonnes/year)
Top 10 Producers — Wheat
Production vs Food Consumption — Grand Total (Global)
Source: FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets — all values in 1000 tonnes. "Food" = portion of domestic supply used as food for human consumption.
Balance Breakdown — Grand Total
Stacked area: how total production is allocated across Food, Feed, Losses, and other uses.
Production Surplus (Production − Food Consumption)
Positive = production exceeds direct food use. The gap includes feed, processing, trade, seed, waste, and stock changes.
☀ Satellite Weather — Agricultural Regions
Source: Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis — satellite-derived temperature, precipitation, soil moisture & evapotranspiration for key agricultural zones. Independent of government reports.
⚖ Trade Mirror — Reported Exports by Country
Source: UN Comtrade — physical trade quantities (tonnes). When export claims diverge from partner import records, it signals data quality issues.
🔍 FAOSTAT vs Eurostat — EU Crop Production
Source: Eurostat apro_cpsh1 — independently collected EU crop statistics. Overlay with FAOSTAT reveals discrepancies between national reports and EU audited data.
🍽 Population by Income Group — Food Access Context
Source: WFP HungerMap — population colored by World Bank income classification. Low-income nations with large populations face disproportionate food access challenges regardless of global surplus.
Each check below compares two independent measurements of the same quantity — like placing the same bag of grain on two different scales. When they agree, confidence is high. When they diverge, somewhere a sensor is drifting.
⚖ Dual Sensor — Eurostat vs FAOSTAT (EU crop production)
Percentage deviation between Eurostat and FAOSTAT measurements of the same EU crop tonnage. Eurostat collects directly from member states; FAOSTAT aggregates from national statistical offices. Persistent non-zero deviation = one sensor is calibrated differently. A stable offset is tolerable; a drifting offset compounds silently.
📋 Balance Sheet Residual — FBS Accounting Identity
For each food group: (Production + Imports − Exports − Domestic Supply) / Domestic Supply × 100. The residual captures stock changes, rounding, and unmeasured flows. Sudden spikes signal a disruption in the measurement pipeline — the grain industry’s “faulty sensor.”
⚡ Anomaly Flags — Year-over-Year Production Jumps > 15%
Global food-group production that changed by more than 15% in a single year. Some are real (drought, policy shifts); others may be data artefacts. Cross-referencing with satellite weather and trade data helps distinguish the two. Each flag is an invitation to investigate, not an accusation.