Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
+7.30 percentage points is the approximate cumulative response of food inflation in Colombia between months 5 and 9 after the shock associated with El Niño.
0.4 percentage points is the estimated widening of Costa Rica's negative output gap relative to potential GDP associated with El Niño; year-on-year inflation increases by about 8.1 percentage points.
40% of the world population is affected by water scarcity
59% of the Sustainable Development Goals (10 out of 17) have environmental sustainability as a key objective related to green production (Cervera-Ferri & Ureña, 2017).
-0.19 percentage points is the estimated initial effect of El Niño on Chile's economic growth, followed by a reversal of +0.70 percentage points in the fourth quarter by the end of the first year. Inflation increases by 0.14 percentage points initially and by a cumulative 0.39 percentage points in the fourth quarter.
0.5 is the average Gini for Latin America and the Caribbean, making it the region with the highest inequality on the planet (IDB, 2016).
-0.6 percentage points is the estimated reduction in Bolivia's economic growth associated with El Niño, while inflation increases by approximately 1.97 percentage points.
-0.76 percentage points is the estimated reduction in Colombia's economic growth associated with El Niño; inflation increases by approximately 1.2 percentage points.
-1.6 percentage points is the estimated reduction in Ecuador's economic growth associated with El Niño; historically, inflation increases by approximately 5 percentage points.
-1.7 percentage points is the estimated reduction in Peru's economic growth associated with El Niño.
