Developed by the Statistics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Rural Livelihoods Information System (RuLIS) provides rural incomes, livelihood, and social and economic data to support evidence-based analysis of rural development.

This collection contains harmonized microdata, standardized from national household surveys, using a methodology developed by the Statistics Division for RuLIS.

The harmonized microdata is used to compute country-level RuLIS indicators (available at FAOSTAT )

More information is available here: https://www.fao.org/in-action/rural-livelihoods-dataset-rulis.

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.