Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
65% more employment per US$1 billion invested is generated by United States companies compared with Chinese companies, and 22% more compared with European companies.
Mexico's dairy industry generates 1.6 million jobs, according to The Food Tech infographic.
The sector that includes agriculture, livestock, hunting, forestry and fishing employed 3.2 million people in the country during April 2026. (Unidad de Planificación Rural Agropecuaria de Colombia, 2026)
55% of rural employment corresponds to agriculture in ALC (CAF, 2025).
14% of the population was employed in agriculture in 2023 (CAF, 2025).
81% of the productive units in ALC correspond to family farming (CAF, 2025).
70% of rural employment comes from agriculture in Bolivia and Peru (CAF, 2025).
The OECD recorded 69.3% employment in 2022, surpassing ALC (OECD, 2024).
59.4% informality was recorded in the region in 2010 (OECD, 2024).
The gender gap in employment rates in LAC was 24.8 percentage points in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
