Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
2.1% was the year-on-year fall in the price index of the main commodities exported by LAC (ECLAC, 2024).
8.4% and 5.6% represent the highest tariff equivalents of non-tariff measures in LAC intraregional trade, applied to the agriculture, hunting and fishing, and processed food sectors, respectively (ECLAC, 2024).
15.5% was the average of global food exports represented by LAC between 2020 and 2022 (ECLAC, 2024).
The 17.2% prevalence of hunger in the Caribbean is three times higher than the figures recorded in South America (5.2%) and in Central America and Mexico (5.8%) (ECLAC, 2024).
41 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean suffered from hunger in 2023 (ECLAC, 2024).
2.7 million metric tons of pesticides were used globally in 2020, up from 1.7 million in 1990, with the largest increase in the Global South, especially in LAC (USDA, 2024).
2 times the incidence of natural disasters has doubled in the last 30 years in the Latin America and Caribbean region (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
5.8% of total employment in Latin America and the Caribbean corresponds to the agricultural sector (de Olloqui & Fernández Díez, 2017).
9.94% de las patentes registradas en América Latina entre 2010-2012 fueron consideradas "verdes", superando levemente el promedio mundial de 9.29% y el de la OCDE de 9.80% (CEPAL, 2017).
430% was the growth of the average number of ISO 14001 certifications in South and Central America, representing 3.34% of the world total in the last period (ECLAC, 2017).
