Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Social spending in 2022 exceeded the 2019 level by 0.3 percentage points (OECD, 2024).
Social spending by central governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) represented 11.5% of GDP in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
Formal workers earned 1.7, 1.3 and 1.6 times more in Barbados, Chile, Brazil and Colombia (OECD, 2024).
Formal workers earned 4.4, 2.5 and 2.4 times more than informal workers in El Salvador, Honduras and Peru (OECD, 2024).
Formal workers earned on average twice the hourly wage compared to informal workers in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2024).
0.61, 0.50 and 0.51 were the Gini coefficients in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador in the early 2000s (OECD, 2024).
56.6% of the population lived in fully formal households in Costa Rica (OECD, 2024).
59.2% of the population lived in fully formal households in Chile (OECD, 2024).
62.0% of the population lived in fully formal households in the Bahamas (OECD, 2024).
65.4% of the population lived in fully formal households in Uruguay (OECD, 2024).
