Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
-1.2 and -1.7 percentage points are the estimated reductions in Ecuador's growth in 2023 and 2024 under a moderate El Niño scenario; under an extreme scenario the reductions are -2.0 and -2.2 percentage points.
-2.42, -5.63 and -7.86 percentage points are the estimated cumulative reductions in Ecuador's real GDP per capita growth one, three and five years after El Niño, respectively.
0.839 is the land Gini coefficient for Ecuador in 2019, which shows the great inequality in the country (IEE, 2020).
4,726 agricultural organizations were registered with the Ministry in Ecuador in 2020 (IIE, 2020).
71.7% was the multidimensional poverty in rural areas of Ecuador in 2019, compared to 22.7% in urban areas (IIE, 2020).
23% was the malnutrition rate in Ecuador in 2018: 20% at the urban level, and 28.72% at the rural level (IEE, 2020).
From 31.9% to 28.7%, chronic malnutrition in children under 5 years old decreased in Ecuador from 2014 to 2018 (IEE, 2020).
35.4% was the overweight rate in boys and girls aged 5 to 11 in Ecuador in 2018: 36.9% in urban areas and 32.6% in rural areas (IEE, 2020).
6 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela) of the 17 most megadiverse countries in the world are in LAC.
-1.6 percentage points is the estimated reduction in Ecuador's economic growth associated with El Niño; historically, inflation increases by approximately 5 percentage points.
