Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
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).
6.8% of Brazil's GDP in 2022 came from agriculture, up from 5.5% in 2000 (OECD, 2024).
2% of GDP and 1.6% of employment in Canada come from primary agriculture, which has a greater economic contribution in some regions of the country (OECD, 2024).
8% of GDP is the estimated annual loss for Latin America and the Caribbean with a temperature increase of 1.5 °C (ECLAC, 2024).
0.9% is the average annual growth rate of the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2023 (ECLAC, 2024).
10% is the increase in digitalization that correlates with a 5.7% increase in multifactor productivity (ECLAC, 2024).
1.2% is the estimated average annual rate of job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2024 (ECLAC, 2024).
