% countries sharing statistics on healthy diets and nutrition

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) pledges to support Members to reach country-level nutrition-related targets of the SDGs through providing access to high-quality dietary data as a global public good. As the global lead in providing a public repository for dietary data and data on food, agriculture and agri-food systems as they relate to diets, FAO’s first action area for nutrition is to generate, collate and share data on healthy diets and agri-food systems. FAO’s efforts can facilitate decision-makers’ use of more and better data to guide the selection, design and implementation of impactful policies and actions across agri-food systems for healthy diets.

In support of FAO’s role in the production and dissemination of global public goods, including data, databases and statistics, FAO aims to support the enabling environment for translation of data and evidence into policy and action. This includes data on dietary intake, metrics on diets, data on hunger and drivers from across agri-food systems, including food loss and waste. The Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste hosted by FAO facilitates information sharing and in-depth discussion, including through a community of practice to support efforts around the globe to reduce food loss and waste. These efforts align with FAO’s mandate to respond to demands articulated by countries and regions and will support Members to reach their SDG targets.

Smart statement #5: By 2030, through the Food and Diet Domain of FAOSTAT, FAO will provide access to statistics on healthy diets and nutrition coming from at least 60% of UN Member States for setting, monitoring and evaluating evidence-based nutrition policy and programming.