Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
25.1% of the population lived in households dependent exclusively on formal employment (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).
Formal workers earned on average twice the hourly wage compared to informal workers in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2024).
Social spending by central governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) represented 11.5% of GDP in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
Social spending in 2022 exceeded the 2019 level by 0.3 percentage points (OECD, 2024).
12.6% of GDP was the average spending on social protection in LAC in 2018 (OECD, 2024).
The global spending gap in energy transition is 286 billion USD annually (OECD, 2024).
A 6.4% increase in spending would be needed to close the regional gap (OECD, 2024).
The annual gap in ALC19 for food systems is 98 billion USD (OECD, 2024).
USD 24.8 billion entered LAC in short-term capital during the first half of 2024 (OECD, 2024).
