Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
9-10% of Guatemala's annual GDP comes from agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, 2024).
4.9 million hectares of agricultural land in Guatemala, of which 3 million are crops and 1.16 million (39%) are basic grains, corn and beans (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, 2024).
GuyMIS reports 21,354 hectares of mangrove extent in Guyana in 2020, including 12,142 hectares of losses and 4,845 hectares of gains between 2015 and 2020. The system also records 32 restoration projects implemented between 2010 and 2020, including 19 seedling plantations and 13 green-grey infrastructure projects.
About 2 percentage points of GDP is the estimated deterioration in Bolivia's primary balance associated with El Niño; the study finds no statistically significant effects on economic growth or inflation.
-0.5, -0.6 and -0.9 percentage points are the estimated reductions in Colombia's economic growth in 2024 under moderate, strong and extreme El Niño scenarios, respectively; the estimated increases in inflation are 1.7, 2.3 and 3.3 percentage points.
-2.2, -3.0 and -4.4 percentage points are the estimated reductions in Ecuador's economic growth in 2024 under moderate, strong and extreme El Niño scenarios, respectively; the recent effect on inflation is not statistically significant.
-1.3, -2.7 and -4.1 percentage points are the estimated reductions in Peru's economic growth in 2024 under moderate, strong and extreme El Niño scenarios; inflation increases by approximately 1, 2 and 3 percentage points, respectively.
0.9% was the average growth in 2014-2023, less than half of the 2.0% recorded in the “lost decade” of 1980-1989 (ECLAC, 2022).
60 billion dollars (1.3% of GDP) were spent by Latin American and Caribbean countries on fossil fuel subsidies in 2020 (IDB, 2023).
75% of emerging infectious diseases that affect humans are of animal origin (FAO, 2023).
