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).
55% of women entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean work in the informal sector, which limits their ability to grow in size and profits (ECLAC, 2024).
8.7% of employment in Brazil in 2022 was related to agriculture, down from 15.4% 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).
1.2% is the estimated average annual rate of job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2024 (ECLAC, 2024).
51.6% is the informal employment rate among the young population and 71.7% among people over 65 years of age, with a concentration of 69.8% in rural areas in LAC (ECLAC, 2024).
Three times more time is dedicated by women to unpaid domestic and care work compared to men, according to time use measurements in various LAC countries (ECLAC, 2024).
8% is the estimated reduction in the use of plastics which, together with a 5% decrease in certain raw materials, could generate increases in GDP between 0.9% and 2.2% and employment between 1.2% and 2.1% in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru by 2030.
1.2 billion young people will enter the labor force in developing countries in the next decade, but there will only be 420 million jobs, leaving 800 million without a clear path to employment (World Bank, 2024).
