FAO Country Profiles survey
1. When was the last time you visited the FAO Country Profiles Portal?
Response Response
Percent Count
Today 38.2% 84
Last week 15.0% 33
One month ago 16.8% 37
Six months ago 6.4% 14
More than one year 7.3% 16
I don’t know 16.4% 36
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2. How often do you visit the FAO Country Profiles Portal?
Response Response
Percent Count
Daily 6.5% 14
Weekly 17.6% 38
Monthly 18.1% 39
Once/twice per quarter 17.1% 37
Once/twice per year 9.3% 20
I don’t know 11.1% 24
This is my first visit. 20.4% 44
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1 of 14 3. What are the three (3) types of information that you find most useful on the Portal.
Rating Response First Second Third Average Count
Country offices contacts 52.5% (32) 26.2% (16) 21.3% (13) 6.62 61
Country codes and names 24.0% (6) 60.0% (15) 16.0% (4) 6.16 25
FAO members and flags 25.0% (4) 43.8% (7) 31.3% (5) 5.88 16
Low Income Food Deficit Countries 25.7% (9) 48.6% (17) 25.7% (9) 6.00 35
Maps 14.0% (6) 44.2% (19) 41.9% (18) 5.44 43
News/events 23.4% (11) 31.9% (15) 44.7% (21) 5.57 47
Publications 26.7% (20) 45.3% (34) 28.0% (21) 5.97 75
Statistics 53.6% (67) 27.2% (34) 19.2% (24) 6.69 125
Thematic country profiles 37.8% (34) 20.0% (18) 42.2% (38) 5.91 90
Others 12.5% (3) 12.5% (3) 75.0% (18) 4.75 24
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4. How user-friendly do you find the Portal?
Response Response
Percent Count
Very user-friendly 14.6% 27
User-friendly 52.4% 97
Somewhat user-friendly 18.9% 35
Not user-friendly 5.9% 11
N/A 8.1% 15
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2 of 14 5. For each type of information below, how would you rate the overall information coverage on the Portal’s country pages?
Very Very Rating Response Good Poor N/A good poor Average Count
27.8% 55.6% 9.3% Thematic profiles 2.5% (4) 4.9% (8) 7.04 162 (45) (90) (15)
23.7% 55.3% 11.8% 7.2% Maps 2.0% (3) 6.87 152 (36) (84) (18) (11)
32.5% 44.6% 15.7% Statistics 1.8% (3) 5.4% (9) 6.91 166 (54) (74) (26)
31.5% 45.1% 13.6% 7.4% Publications 2.5% (4) 6.93 162 (51) (73) (22) (12)
23.9% 49.1% 11.3% 13.2% News/events 2.5% (4) 6.86 159 (38) (78) (18) (21)
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6. Please provide any comments you have about the Portal.
Response
Count
39
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3 of 14 7. The following features may be added to the Portal in the future. Please rate the importance of each feature for your work.
Very Somewhat Not Rating Response Important N/A important important important Average Count
43.2% 43.9% 1.5% More thematic profiles 9.1% (12) 2.3% (3) 5.48 132 (57) (58) (2)
39.0% 40.7% 0.8% More maps 18.7% (23) 0.8% (1) 5.16 123 (48) (50) (1)
56.6% 33.1% 0.7% More statistics 9.7% (14) 0.0% (0) 6.08 145 (82) (48) (1)
37.9% 33.3% 1.5% More publications 21.2% (28) 6.1% (8) 4.86 132 (50) (44) (2)
27.8% 32.5% 1.6% More news/events 32.5% (41) 5.6% (7) 4.24 126 (35) (41) (2)
More Non-FAO data (other UN 24.8% 41.4% 0.8% 24.1% (32) 9.0% (12) 4.15 133 agencies) (33) (55) (1)
More Non-FAO data (other 22.7% 39.4% 2.3% 25.8% (34) 9.8% (13) 4.00 132 international organizations) (30) (52) (3)
More Non-FAO data (wikipedia, 12.9% 28.2% 25.8% 1.6% 31.5% (39) 2.84 124 news papers) (16) (35) (32) (2)
More multimedia resources (photos, 19.0% 37.3% 18.3% 0.0% 25.4% (32) 3.52 126 videos, etc) (24) (47) (23) (0)
Interface available in other 19.5% 26.6% 20.3% 3.9% 29.7% (38) 3.35 128 languages (25) (34) (26) (5)
19.2% 28.0% 17.6% 6.4% More content in other languages 28.8% (36) 3.45 125 (24) (35) (22) (8)
Add functionality allowing to 12.6% 32.3% 19.7% 5.5% contribute or revise the content of 29.9% (38) 3.07 127 (16) (41) (25) (7) the profiles
Add functionality to compare data 40.9% 33.6% 2.2% 17.5% (24) 5.8% (8) 5.07 137 from different countries (56) (46) (3)
Add functionality to aggregate 37.8% 41.5% 1.5% 16.3% (22) 3.0% (4) 5.08 135 country data at regional level (51) (56) (2)
Include functionality to 43.2% 28.8% 0.8% export/download the country 18.9% (25) 8.3% (11) 5.02 132 (57) (38) (1) profiles in other formats
Include functionality to save a 35.3% 26.3% 12.8% 3.0% 22.6% (30) 4.47 133 profile (47) (35) (17) (4)
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8. Please describe any features or data that you would like to be included in the Portal.
Response
Count
25
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9. What is your age?
Response Response
Percent Count
<15 0.6% 1
15-25 12.3% 19
26-35 27.9% 43
36-45 27.3% 42
46-55 20.8% 32
56-65 10.4% 16
>65 0.6% 1
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10. Are you male or female?
Response Response
Percent Count
Female 41.8% 64
Male 58.2% 89
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5 of 14 11. In which country do you live? (Select a country from the pull down list)
Response Response
Percent Count
Afghanistan 0.7% 1
Albania 0.0% 0
Algeria 0.0% 0
Andorra 0.0% 0
Angola 0.0% 0
Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 0
Argentina 0.0% 0
Armenia 0.0% 0
Australia 2.7% 4
Austria 0.7% 1
Azerbaijan 0.0% 0
Bahamas 0.0% 0
Bahrain 0.0% 0
Bangladesh 0.7% 1
Barbados 0.0% 0
Belarus 0.0% 0
Belgium 0.7% 1
Belize 0.7% 1
Benin 0.7% 1
Bhutan 0.0% 0
Bolivia 0.0% 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% 1
Botswana 0.0% 0
Brazil 1.4% 2
Bulgaria 0.7% 1
Burkina Faso 1.4% 2
6 of 14 Burundi 0.0% 0
Cambodia 0.7% 1
Cameroon 0.0% 0
Canada 1.4% 2
Cape Verde 0.0% 0
Central African Rep 0.0% 0
Chad 0.0% 0
Chile 1.4% 2
China 4.1% 6
Colombia 1.4% 2
Comoros 0.0% 0
Congo 0.0% 0
Cook Islands 0.0% 0
Costa Rica 0.0% 0
Croatia 0.7% 1
Cuba 0.7% 1
Cyprus 0.0% 0
Czech Rep 1.4% 2
Côte d'Ivoire 0.0% 0
Dem People's Rep of Korea 0.0% 0
Dem Rep of the Congo 2.0% 3
Denmark 0.7% 1
Djibouti 0.0% 0
Dominica 0.0% 0
Dominican Rep 0.7% 1
Ecuador 0.0% 0
Egypt 1.4% 2
El Salvador 0.0% 0
7 of 14 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 0
Eritrea 0.0% 0
Estonia 0.0% 0
Ethiopia 0.7% 1
Fiji 0.0% 0
Finland 0.0% 0
France 2.0% 3
Gabon 1.4% 2
Gambia 0.7% 1
Georgia 0.7% 1
Germany 2.0% 3
Ghana 0.0% 0
Greece 0.0% 0
Grenada 0.0% 0
Guatemala 0.0% 0
Guinea 0.0% 0
Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 0
Guyana 0.0% 0
Haiti 0.7% 1
Honduras 0.0% 0
Hungary 2.0% 3
Iceland 0.0% 0
India 3.4% 5
Indonesia 2.0% 3
Iran (Islamic Rep of) 0.0% 0
Iraq 0.0% 0
Ireland 0.0% 0
Israel 0.0% 0
Italy 19.0% 28
8 of 14 Jamaica 1.4% 2
Japan 0.7% 1
Jordan 0.0% 0
Kazakhstan 0.0% 0
Kenya 0.7% 1
Kiribati 0.0% 0
Kuwait 0.0% 0
Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 0
Lao People's Dem Rep 0.7% 1
Latvia 0.0% 0
Lebanon 1.4% 2
Lesotho 0.7% 1
Liberia 0.0% 0
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0.0% 0
Lithuania 0.0% 0
Luxembourg 0.0% 0
Madagascar 0.0% 0
Malawi 0.0% 0
Malaysia 0.0% 0
Maldives 0.0% 0
Mali 0.0% 0
Malta 0.0% 0
Marshall Islands 0.0% 0
Mauritania 0.0% 0
Mauritius 0.0% 0
Mexico 0.7% 1
Micronesia (Fed States of) 0.0% 0
Monaco 0.0% 0
9 of 14 Mongolia 0.7% 1
Montenegro 0.0% 0
Morocco 0.0% 0
Mozambique 1.4% 2
Myanmar 0.0% 0
Namibia 0.0% 0
Nauru 0.0% 0
Nepal 0.0% 0
Netherlands 2.0% 3
New Zealand 0.7% 1
Nicaragua 1.4% 2
Niger 0.7% 1
Nigeria 1.4% 2
Niue 0.0% 0
Norway 0.0% 0
Oman 0.0% 0
Pakistan 1.4% 2
Palau 0.0% 0
Panama 0.0% 0
Papua New Guinea 0.7% 1
Paraguay 0.0% 0
Peru 0.0% 0
Philippines 2.0% 3
Poland 0.0% 0
Portugal 0.7% 1
Qatar 0.0% 0
Rep of Korea 1.4% 2
Rep of Moldova 0.0% 0
10 of 14 Romania 1.4% 2
Russian Federation 0.0% 0
Rwanda 0.0% 0
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 0
Saint Lucia 0.0% 0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 0
Samoa 0.0% 0
San Marino 0.0% 0
Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 0
Saudi Arabia 0.0% 0
Senegal 0.7% 1
Serbia 0.7% 1
Seychelles 0.0% 0
Sierra Leone 0.0% 0
Slovakia 0.0% 0
Slovenia 0.0% 0
Solomon Islands 0.0% 0
Somalia 0.0% 0
South Africa 0.0% 0
Spain 0.7% 1
Sri Lanka 0.0% 0
Sudan 0.0% 0
Suriname 0.0% 0
Swaziland 0.7% 1
Sweden 0.0% 0
Switzerland 0.0% 0
Syrian Arab Rep 0.0% 0
TFYR of Macedonia 0.7% 1
Tajikistan 0.0% 0
11 of 14 Thailand 0.0% 0
Timor-Leste 0.0% 0
Togo 0.0% 0
Tonga 0.0% 0
Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 1
Tunisia 0.0% 0
Turkey 2.0% 3
Turkmenistan 0.0% 0
Tuvalu 0.0% 0
Uganda 0.7% 1
Ukraine 0.7% 1
United Arab Emirates 0.0% 0
United Kingdom 2.7% 4
United Rep of Tanzania 0.7% 1
United States of America 4.1% 6
Uruguay 0.7% 1
Uzbekistan 0.0% 0
Vanuatu 0.0% 0
Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep of) 0.0% 0
Viet Nam 0.0% 0
Yemen 0.0% 0
Zambia 0.7% 1
Zimbabwe 0.0% 0
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12 of 14 12. What is your main area of work (you can select multiple options)?
Response Response
Percent Count
Natural Resources 13.2% 20
Economy 25.0% 38
Agriculture 47.4% 72
Fisheries and Aquaculture 14.5% 22
Forestry 11.8% 18
Technical Cooperation 14.5% 22
Communication 10.5% 16
Information Management 20.4% 31
Information Technology 10.5% 16
Other (please specify) 25.7% 39
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13. What type of organization do you work for (you can select multiple options)?
Response Response
Percent Count
Government 13.1% 20
Private sector 18.3% 28
Research institute 7.8% 12
University 19.6% 30
Library 4.6% 7
International organization 45.1% 69
NGO 9.2% 14
Other (please specify) 9.2% 14
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13 of 14 14. Do you work at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 49.3% 74
No 50.7% 76
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15. What is the scope of your organization?
Response Response
Percent Count
Regional/Local 14.0% 21
National 26.0% 39
International 55.3% 83
Other (please specify) 4.7% 7
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16. Would you like to know about the survey's responses?
Response Response
Percent Count
No 52.1% 76
Yes (please add your e-mail addresses and we will keep you 47.9% 70 informed.)
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