Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
39.6% of youth employment was observed in LAC in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
3 out of 10 young women found employment in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
23% of the world’s forests and 60% of global biodiversity are located in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the region’s strategic importance for ecosystem and biodiversity conservation. This significant share also reflects the critical role of LAC in providing essential ecosystem services and in supporting global efforts to address environmental degradation and climate change (Worl...
58% of greenhouse gas emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean originate from land use, land-use change, and the forestry sector, highlighting the significant weight of these activities in the region’s climate dynamics and the urgent need to strengthen mitigation efforts (World Resources Institute, 2024).
7% of forest cover was lost between 1990 and 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean, equivalent to 138 million hectares, highlighting the scale of landscape degradation in the region and the urgency of advancing large-scale restoration and conservation efforts (World Resources Institute, 2024).
1.2 billion young people will enter the labor force in developing countries in the next decade, but there will only be 420 million jobs, leaving 800 million without a clear path to employment (World Bank, 2024).
1.2 billion young people aged 15-24, 16% of the world's population, live mostly in developing countries (FAO, 2023).
Between 40% and 60% of young people, especially rural youth, migrate to cities (ECLAC, 2021).
From 31.9% to 28.7%, chronic malnutrition in children under 5 years old decreased in Ecuador from 2014 to 2018 (IEE, 2020).
35.4% was the overweight rate in boys and girls aged 5 to 11 in Ecuador in 2018: 36.9% in urban areas and 32.6% in rural areas (IEE, 2020).
