FAOSTAT MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 129 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 2 Oct 2026.
FAOSTAT data for 245 countries: crops, trade, food security, and emissions via 23 MCP tools.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check FAOSTAT MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add faostat-mcp -e 'FAOSTAT_USERNAME=<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>' -e 'FAOSTAT_PASSWORD=<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>' -- uvx faostat-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"faostat-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"faostat-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>",
"FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.faostat-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["faostat-mcp"]
env = { FAOSTAT_USERNAME = "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>", FAOSTAT_PASSWORD = "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"faostat-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"faostat-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>",
"FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"faostat-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"faostat-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FAOSTAT_PASSWORD": "<FAOSTAT_PASSWORD>",
"FAOSTAT_USERNAME": "<FAOSTAT_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<FAOSTAT_USERNAME> (FAOSTAT account email (free account at https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#developer-portal). Used to obtain and refresh tokens automatically), <FAOSTAT_PASSWORD> (FAOSTAT account password. Used with FAOSTAT_USERNAME to obtain and refresh tokens automatically).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
FAOSTAT_API_TOKEN (Optional. A FAOSTAT access token from the Developer Portal. Tokens expire after 1 hour, so prefer FAOSTAT_USERNAME + FAOSTAT_PASSWORD, which refresh automatically).
Alternatives to FAOSTAT MCP
same job, measured the same wayVMware NSX security: DFW policies and exclusions, groups, tags, Traceflow, IDPS — 22 MCP tools.
MCP server for Mudrex futures trading enabling AI agents to securely access data and risk tools.
Apache Superset MCP server — 135+ tools for dashboards, charts, datasets, SQL Lab, and security
Moved to com.dechonet/mcp. 25 security tools, hosted at https://dechonet.com/mcp
Real-time semantic security for AI coding agents and MCP tools
VaultGuard MCP Server - Yearn V3 / DeFi vault security and analysis tools for AI coding agents....
Thrd MCP: agent email tools for events/threads, safe send/reply, usage, trust and security.
Read-only MCP access to The Agent Commons: shared security findings for AI agents and their tools.
FAOSTAT MCP — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.