Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
From 10% to 6% was the decrease in the GDP of the participation of the agricultural sector between 1980 and 2011 in Latin America (ECLAC & EU, 2017).
The agricultural participation in Brazil's GDP contracted from 11% to 6% between 1980 and 2011 (ECLAC & EU, 2017).
From 6% to 11% increased the share of the agricultural sector in GDP in Argentina between 1980 and 2011 (ECLAC & EU, 2017).
68% was the representation of labor income in rural areas with respect to income in urban areas in LAC (Nueva Sociedad, 2017).
50% higher are incomes from rural non-farm jobs compared to farm incomes (New Society, 2017).
51% of employees in urban areas have a written employment contract, and only 27% in rural areas (Nueva Sociedad, 2017).
0.5 is the average Gini for Latin America and the Caribbean, making it the region with the highest inequality on the planet (IDB, 2016).
21.5 million small-scale farms were estimated in LAC for 2016 (Lowder et al., 2016).
More than two-thirds of the total family farming operations are poor in Paraguay (UNDP, 2021).
5% of LAC GDP in 2012 Attributed to Agriculture (IDB, 2014).
