Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
62.7% of farms in LAC have five hectares or less of total area, while only 4.5% have more than 100 hectares (FAO and UNDP, 2025).
One third of the more than two billion hectares of land in LAC is used for agricultural purposes (FAO and UNDP, 2025).
14% of agricultural production comes from LAC, which is the largest net exporter of food in the world (FAO and UNDP, 2025).
1.6% growth in Canada's agricultural production between 2012 and 2021, below the world average of 1.9%, was explained by increased intermediate inputs and higher productivity, despite the reduction in primary factors (OECD, 2024).
The 2.6% annual growth in Brazil's agricultural production (2012-2021) exceeded the world average, driven by a 1.49% increase in intermediate inputs and a 1.42% increase in productivity (OECD, 2024).
2.3% was the annual growth of Argentina's agricultural production between 2012 and 2021, driven mainly by an increase in intermediate inputs (OECD, 2024).
0.1 % of GDP was the budget support to agriculture in 2021-23, while the Total Support Estimate (TSE) remained negative from -0.8 % in 2000-02 to -1.6 % in 2021-23 (OECD, 2024).
The 1.4% annual growth in agricultural productivity in the OECD between 1991 and 2000 was reduced to 0.85% between 2011 and 2021 (OECD, 2024).
Food value chains support 800 million livelihoods, mostly in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture (Blue Food Assessment, 2021).
Agriculture accounts for 4 percent of the global gross domestic producto (GDP) and in some least developing countries it can account for more than 25 percent of GDP (Blue Food Assessment, 2021).
