Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
About 2 percentage points of GDP is the estimated deterioration in Bolivia's primary balance associated with El Niño; the study finds no statistically significant effects on economic growth or inflation.
-0.5, -0.6 and -0.9 percentage points are the estimated reductions in Colombia's economic growth in 2024 under moderate, strong and extreme El Niño scenarios, respectively; the estimated increases in inflation are 1.7, 2.3 and 3.3 percentage points.
-2.2, -3.0 and -4.4 percentage points are the estimated reductions in Ecuador's economic growth in 2024 under moderate, strong and extreme El Niño scenarios, respectively; the recent effect on inflation is not statistically significant.
-1.3, -2.7 and -4.1 percentage points are the estimated reductions in Peru's economic growth in 2024 under moderate, strong and extreme El Niño scenarios; inflation increases by approximately 1, 2 and 3 percentage points, respectively.
0.9% was the average growth in 2014-2023, less than half of the 2.0% recorded in the “lost decade” of 1980-1989 (ECLAC, 2022).
60 billion dollars (1.3% of GDP) were spent by Latin American and Caribbean countries on fossil fuel subsidies in 2020 (IDB, 2023).
75% of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are of animal origin (FAO, 2023).
201 tons of inorganic fertilizers, composed of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, represented global demand in 2020 (GGGI, 2023).
9% of global energy demand is covered by bioenergy, which already constitutes an important source of energy worldwide (GGGI, 2023).
By 2050, bioenergy will represent 25% of the total primary energy supply (GGGI, 2023).
