Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
1,698% between 1825-2015 was the average annual growth for Latin America, significantly lower than that of OECD countries and the Asian Tigers (Zaman, 2024).
6.6% of total fluid milk sales in the United States were certified organic in 2022, increasing from 2.9% in 2009 (Gillespie et al., 2024).
1.5% was the average annual growth rate of Mexico's manufacturing sector between 2000 and 2023 (Cabrera et al., 2024).
-0.57% has been the average decline in total factor productivity (TFP) for the Mexican economy as a whole in the period 1990-2022 (Cabrera et al., 2024).
60% of national exports in Latin America and the Caribbean correspond to the trade of raw materials due to the region's late industrialization (de Araújo Ramos et al., 2023).
35 % of the cultivated area in Latin America and the Caribbean is devoted to soybeans, followed by corn (22.7 %), sugar (7.5 %), wheat (6.2 %), beans (3.6 %), coffee (3 %), rice (2.6 %), other soybeans (2.1 %) and other crops (17 %) (FAO, 2023).
Only 14% of agrifood exports in 2022 were intraregional, with a 16% growth compared to 2021, with Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Colombia as the main destinations (IICA/TDM, 2023).
More than USD 350 billion in agrifood exports from LAC have grown even in crisis, with increases of 2.1% in 2020, 15.2% in 2021 and 29% in 2022 (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
With a 22% share, the U.S. topped the region's agri-food export destinations in 2022 (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
Sixteen countries in the region stand out as net exporters, such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile, while another 16, including the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Venezuela, are considered net importers (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
