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).
70% is the projected level of export participation in the total value of production in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2033 (OECD and FAO, 2024).
15% of global livestock production comes from Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD and FAO, 2024).
3 million hectares of forest were lost annually in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2020, the second highest total in the world (UNCCD, 2024).
28.2% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean faced moderate or severe food insecurity in 2023 (FAO et al., 2024).
4.56 dollars PPP was the highest cost of a healthy diet in 2022 in Latin America and the Caribbean, followed by Asia (4.20), Africa (3.74), North America and Europe (3.57) and Oceania (3.46) (FAO et al., 2024).
