Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
60% was the reduction in the proportion of undernourished people in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1990 and 2014, thanks to the contribution of the agricultural sector to food security (FAO, 2021).
60% is the required increase in global food production by 2050, when the population will reach 9.7 billion (UNDESA, 2019).
10.7 per 100,000 workers die in the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, the second highest mortality rate (ILO, 2020).
22% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from agribusiness, the second largest contributor worldwide (OECD, 2022).
40% of the world's land area and 70% of water use are used for agriculture (OECD, 2020).
19 % of the formal workforce in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean are women, although they remain underrepresented in the sector (OECD, 2018).
12% of the formal labor force in Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile and Argentina was engaged in agriculture, mainly in rural areas (FAO, 2020).
60 % increased the use of pesticides between 1997 and 2017, and more than 30 % increased the use of fertilizers between 2007 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2023).
81.3% of the total number of farms are small farms, which occupy 23.4% of the land in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2022).
70% of child labor globally and 52% in the Americas was concentrated in the agricultural sector in 2022, despite progress in its reduction (OECD, 2022).
