Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Five economies —Brazil, Chile, Peru, Mexico and Colombia— showed differentiated dynamics in inflation normalization (OECD, 2024).
Four countries —Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru— tightened their monetary policy earlier than advanced economies (OECD, 2024).
USD 42.9 billion entered LAC as short-term capital in 2023 (OECD, 2024).
Social spending by central governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) represented 11.5% of GDP in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
73% of measurable SDG indicators in LAC show progress in the intended direction (OECD, 2024).
12.6% of GDP was the average spending on social protection in LAC in 2018 (OECD, 2024).
Social spending in 2022 exceeded the 2019 level by 0.3 percentage points (OECD, 2024).
48% of the SDG targets show too slow progress in LAC (OECD, 2024).
Formal workers earned on average twice the hourly wage compared to informal workers in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2024).
0.61, 0.50 and 0.51 were the Gini coefficients in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador in the early 2000s (OECD, 2024).
