Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
180 million hectares of forest area were lost worldwide between the early 1960s and 2020, almost 140 million of them in Latin America and the Caribbean (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
1.2-1.3% was the average growth of the total volume of agricultural and food production per capita in South America between 1961 and 2020 (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
92.6% of the population in Haiti and 62.6% in Jamaica could not afford a healthy diet in the Caribbean (FAO et al., 2023).
22.7% of the LAC population, that is, 133.4 million people, did not have access to a healthy diet (FAO et al., 2023).
At 4.08 PPP dollars per person per day in 2021, LAC recorded the highest average cost of a healthy diet compared to other regions in the world (FAO et al., 2023).
At 42.6% in 2021, the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life in Latin America and the Caribbean is below the global estimate of 47.7% (FAO et al., 2023).
More than 10% increase in adult obesity was recorded in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Haiti between 2000 and 2016 (FAO et al., 2023).
17.2% of women between 15 and 49 years of age in LAC were affected by anemia in 2019 (FAO et al., 2023).
8.3% increase in the prevalence of childhood overweight in Trinidad and Tobago in the last two decades (FAO et al., 2023).
At 1.4% in 2022, the prevalence of wasting in Latin America and the Caribbean was notably lower than the global estimate of 6.8% (FAO et al., 2023).
