Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
0.173 percentage points was the statistically significant effect of distance to the technological frontier on economic growth in Latin America in more than half of the cases analyzed (Zaman, 2024).
1,698% between 1825-2015 was the average annual growth for Latin America, significantly lower than that of OECD countries and the Asian Tigers (Zaman, 2024).
37.5% of LAC aquaculture in 2021 came from Chile, the main producer of Atlantic salmon, mussels and coho salmon (FAO, 2024).
3.98% represents the value added of agriculture as a percentage of GDP in Chile in 2019, increasing from 3.63% in 2011, with an increase of 9.64% (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
1%, with a minimum of -0.08% and a maximum of 1.91% was the average population growth in the 8 countries analyzed in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2007-2021 (ECLAC, 2023).
4660.13 million liters, with a minimum of 7.01 and a maximum of 42,408.11 million liters was the average production of biofuels in the 8 countries analyzed in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2007-2021 (ECLAC, 2023).
96.11, with a minimum of 57.9 and a maximum of 122.5 was the average food production index in the 8 countries analyzed in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2007-2021 (ECLAC, 2023).
543.55 USD, with a minimum of 1206 USD and a maximum of 18,825 USD was the average GDP per capita in the 8 countries analyzed in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2007-2021 (ECLAC, 2023).
40.92%, with a minimum of 19% and a maximum of 84.6% was the average percentage of arable land in the 8 countries analyzed in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2007-2021 (ECLAC, 2023).
2.44 tons, with a minimum of 0.6 and a maximum of 4.8 tons were the average CO2 emissions per capita in the 8 countries analyzed in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2007-2021 (ECLAC, 2023).
