Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
54% of the labor force worked in fisheries and 36% in aquaculture in 2022, while the remaining 10% was unspecified (FAO, 2024).
12,688 USD was the global GDP per capita in 2022, more than double that of 2000, while global agricultural employment fell from 40% to 26% (FAO, 2024).
Almost 7% of LAC GDP in 2024 comes from agriculture, although its share varies significantly among countries (Conroy et al., 2024).
1.3% of GDP and 16% of agricultural GDP in LAC correspond to agricultural support (Conroy et al., 2024).
USD 23.4 million was the annual average that WFP executed during the decade 2013-2022 in food purchases, logistics services and monetary transfers (Namdar and Saa, 2024).
0.9% was the average annual growth rate of Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2024, less than half of the 2.0% recorded during the lost decade of the 1980s (ECLAC, 2024).
More than 200 hurricanes that occurred between 1950 and 2014 cost the Caribbean islands an annual average of 2.5% of GDP (ECLAC, 2024).
USD 4.3 trillion annually must be reached by 2030 to avoid the most serious impacts of climate change, which requires a 20% annual increase in global financial flows (ECLAC, 2024).
0.86 was the Gini measurement in 2019 in Colombia (Fedesarrollo, 2024).
