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Wikifarmer Global Farmer Survey · 2025–26

Voice of the Farmer

Between 24 November 2025 and 30 March 2026, we asked more than 10,000 farmers across 150+ countries simple questions, such as: are you paid fairly, is this year better or worse, what has the weather done to you, and does your government help? 

10,234

Respondents

150+

Countries · 6 continents

81.9%

Full-time farmers

- 4 INSIGHTS TO START WITH
GOVERMENT SUPPORT

63.4%

rate their government's support at the floor.

FINANCIAL SECURITY

47.6%

say their financial security is low.

PRODUCTION LOSS

83%

reported production losses to weather or pests.

Half feel unfairly paid.

Among 8,256 farmers who answered, more than half say they do not receive fair prices for what they grow. In Latin America and Europe, it's closer to seven in ten.

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  • 51.1% say the prices they receive are unfair. 33.2% say they are fair; 15.7% are not sure.
  • 7 in 10 in Latin America (71.7%) and Europe (68.7%) — the two regions where the price problem is loudest.
  • 36.9pp the gap between Latin America (71.7%) and Africa (34.8%) — a wider regional spread than any other headline metric.
  • 2.5x farmers who see prices as unfair are 2.5 times more likely to report income worse than last year, after controls. The strongest single predictor in the regression.

Read the full 80-page report

Country-by-country tables, regression analysis, full questionnaire, and CI tables for all metrics.

- METHOLOGY

How we conducted the survey.

A self-selected, non-probability sample of 10,234 farmers.

The findings reflect 10,234 farmers across 150+ countries who participated in the survey between 24 November 2025 and 30 March 2026. As a self-selected sample, results represent participating farmers rather than the global farming population.

Confidence. All percentages are reported with 95% confidence intervals using the Wilson score method. Sample sizes are shown alongside each statistic.

What we don't claim. We do not claim representation of all farmers globally, or compare directly with probability-sample datasets.

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Key insights

8 pages · ≈ 5 min read · PDF
 

The headline numbers, the three regional stories, and what farmers told us in their own words.

  • The 6 most important survey findings
  • Regional snapshot on one page
  • Selected farmer quotes by region
  • Methodology summary

 

Full report

80 pages · 60+ data tables · PDF
 

Everything: the data, the analysis, country tables, the full questionnaire, and the open-text appendix.

  • Country breakdowns for all 150+ countries
  • Regression: Which factors predict income decline
  • Open-text analysis (n > 4,000 free-text responses)
  • All confidence intervals and the full questionnaire