Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
13% of the Dominican Republic's exports are minerals - mostly gold, nickel, and copper - while the portion coming from agricultural products is far lower than in the other ADD countries (Campos et al., 2024).
9-10% of Guatemala's annual GDP comes from agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, 2024).
4.21% represents the value added of agriculture as a percentage of GDP in Brazil in 2019, decreasing from 4.34% in 2011, with a variation of -3% (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
3.98% represents the value added of agriculture as a percentage of GDP in Chile in 2019, increasing from 3.63% in 2011, with an increase of 9.64% (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
7.42% represents the value added of agriculture as a percentage of GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019, decreasing from 8.55% in 2011 (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
12.6% of Honduras' real GDP in 2022 came from the agrifood sector (Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería de Honduras, 2023).
20% of the region's population, about 120 million people, live in rural areas (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
9% to 57% between 2000 and 2020 has increased extreme weather events (FAO et al., 2021).
30.9 million correspond to the rural youth of 160 million young people, aged 15-29 (Guiskin, 2019)
58 million women live together in rural areas on the continent (Guiskin, 2019).
