Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
63% of world exports of fresh bananas and plantains in 2022 came from Latin America and the Caribbean, with Ecuador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras as the main exporters (IICA, Trade Data Monitor).
40% of losses in the global food supply are caused by pests, pathogens and weeds (FAO, n.d.).
$20 billion is the direct economic loss due to zoonoses over a decade, and it is much more than $200 billion in indirect losses (World Bank, 2010).
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).
Up to $100 trillion could be mobilized by the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) by 2050 to finance climate investments (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
52% of social assistance spending during the period 2014-2018 in Latin America and the Caribbean consisted of money transfers (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
22.5% is the projected increase in the rate of intra-regional trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, measured by exports (ECLAC, 2023).
25,000 million dollars was the average public spending on agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Latin America and the Caribbean during the period 2015-2019 (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
2% of agricultural GDP should be the minimum allocated to spending on science, technology, and innovation (STI) in the Americas. (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023).
20.2% of domestic agrifood exports in 2022 came from Central America, while 57.8% of imports came from the South (IICA/TDM, 2023).
