Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
4.3 to 20.2 trillion dollars in annual economic losses are attributed to ecosystem degradation, impacting 3.2 billion people (FAO, 2024).
75% of the global land surface has been degraded or transformed, especially affecting forests, grasslands and wetlands, and is expected to exceed 90% in the next 30 years (FAO, 2024).
70% of poor people depend on wild species for their livelihoods (FAO, 2024).
82% of wood fuel is used in Africa, Asia and South America; the rest in other regions (FAO, 2024).
29% of the world's population, 2.3 billion people, relied on wood biomass for cooking and heating in 2021 (FAO, 2024).
Between 713 and 757 million people could be facing hunger by 2023, one in eleven people in the world and one in five in Africa (FAO et al., 2024).
284,000 hectares of mangroves were lost globally between 2000 and 2020, representing a global reduction of approximately 1.9% (FAO, 2024).
23% decrease in the global gross mangrove loss rate between 2000-2010 and 2010-2020 (FAO, 2024).
44% of the world's total mangroves are found in South and Southeast Asia (FAO, 2024).
1,970 million m³ of wood was extracted for fuel in 2022, representing 49.4% of the total harvested (FAO, 2024).
