World Food and Wealth Bank: Global Agricultural and Population Statistics Over Six Decades

150+ unique crops and 50+ livestock elements are tracked in this dataset covering the past 6-7 decades. It includes statistics on land distribution by usage and population, compiled by the World Bank and shared by an author on Kaggle. The data is intended to support analysis of resource use and distribution in the context of global food price crises.

Use Cases

• Modeling optimal natural resource use based on historical crop and livestock production data.
• Analyzing trends in land distribution relative to population changes over decades.
• Investigating the impact of global events on food security using long-term agricultural indicators.

Strengths

• Covers 150+ unique crops and 50+ livestock elements.
• Includes data spanning 6-7 decades, providing a long-term view.
• License is CC0-1.0, allowing for unrestricted use.

Limitations

• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, as referenced in the description.

Collection Method

Likely aggregated from World Bank global indicators.

Time Range

Past 6-7 decades.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Global, based on the description of global indicators.