CountrySTAT is a framework that includes structured and comprehensive metadata. It can be useful not only for statisticians who compile, validate and analyse the data, but also for users who access and use the data.

The metadata system enhances understanding of any given data item within CountrySTAT by managing the documentation of related concepts and definitions, its sources and the methodologies used in its collection.

Reference metadata documentation is available as follows:

National Metadata

•National Panorama Report
This page provides information about the national agricultural statistics system, on major domains and selected indicators, major data sources and methodology used.

• Summary on statistical indicators (including metadata)
This page provides an overview of metadata on national data collection.

• The correspondence table between National and International classification
The correspondence table is the information document that provides the connection between the national local commodities with the international ones making them understandable and comparable.

• National Technical Conversion Factors for Agricultural Commodities
The document provides national technical conversion factors to convert derived product data into primary equivalent and/or vice versa.

International Standards 

•International Standard Concepts and Definitions
This document provides information on data structure, FAO concepts and definitions common to FAOSTAT and CountrySTAT framework.

• FAO commodities, classification and codes
This document provides the detailed list of FAO commodities, the classification, definitions and codes, so that data collected using national standards can be converted to international standards before to be published

•Corresponding FAOSTAT Metadata
This is the link to more details on FAOSTAT Metadata