Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Formal workers earned 4.4, 2.5 and 2.4 times more than informal workers in El Salvador, Honduras and Peru (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).
56.6% of the population lived in fully formal households in Costa Rica (OECD, 2024).
55.9% and 55.4% were the rates of male and female informality in ALC (OECD, 2024).
42.5% of households in LAC were totally dependent on informal employment (OECD, 2024).
64.9% of the population of LAC lived in households with at least one informal income before 2022 (OECD, 2024).
71.4% rural informality contrasted with 50.5% urban informality in ALC (OECD, 2024).
47.8% and 49.6% were the rates of informality in manufacturing and services (OECD, 2024).
3 out of 10 young women found employment in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
