Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
26 of 45 LAC countries have climate adaptation instruments, but only 15 apply them to aquaculture (FAO, 2024).
4.3% of global aquaculture comes from LAC, with 3.8 million tonnes in 2021, 20% of its total fishery production (FAO, 2024).
93% of aquaculture production in Latin America and the Caribbean is concentrated in six countries, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru (FAO, 2024).
60 billion dollars (1.3% of GDP) were spent by Latin American and Caribbean countries on fossil fuel subsidies in 2020 (IDB, 2023).
60% of national exports in Latin America and the Caribbean correspond to the trade of raw materials due to the region's late industrialization (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
Minus 0.44 is the regression coefficient showing a negative relationship between increased agriculture and SDG 11 scores in Latin America and the Caribbean (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
0.44 units is the associated reduction in the outcome of SDG 11 for each unit increase in the value of Agriculture, according to the regression analysis (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
7.42% represents the value added of agriculture as a percentage of GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, decreasing from 8.55% in 2011 (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
52% of social assistance spending during the period 2014-2018 in Latin America and the Caribbean consisted of money transfers (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
More than USD 350 billion in agrifood exports from LAC have grown even in crisis, with increases of 2.1% in 2020, 15.2% in 2021 and 29% in 2022 (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
