Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
9.2% was the global poverty rate in 2020, an increase from 8.3% in 2019, representing a setback of approximately three years in poverty reduction (FAO, 2022).
31.2% of the world's land area was covered by forests in 2020, a decrease of 0.7% since 2000, equivalent to the loss of about 100 million hectares in two decades (FAO, 2022).
12% increased global water use efficiency from 17.4 USD/m³ in 2015 to 19.4 USD/m³ in 2019 (FAO, 2022).
15% increased wood use efficiency between 1961 and 2022 (FAO, 2024).
35% of the world's food supply comes from family farming (FAO, 2024).
90% of the 608 million agricultural farms worldwide are family farms (FAO, 2024).
Between 4.3 and 20.2 trillion USD are estimated to be the annual economic losses linked to ecosystem degradation (FAO, 2024).
20% to 40% more global cooling could be achieved through conservation of tropical forests (FAO, 2024).
USD 500 billion were nature-negative financial flows destined to agriculture in the form of price incentives and fiscal transfers in 2022 (FAO, 2024).
Between 340 and 370 million hectares of the Earth's surface are affected annually by fires (FAO, 2024).
