Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
5% of the global burden of disease is related to foodborne diseases (McDermott and Grace, 2011).
20% of the world's pig population was slaughtered due to African Swine Fever in China (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
45.9% of people in Latin America live in inequality, making the region the most unequal in the world (CEPAL, FAO y IICA, 2023)
USD 95 billion in annual losses are linked to 420 000 premature deaths from foodborne diseases in low- and middle-income countries (Jaffee et al., 2019).
600 million cases of foodborne diseases were estimated by WHO for 2010 (Jaffee et al., 2019)
201 million people (32.1% of the total population of Latin America and the Caribbean) live in poverty
82 million (13.1%) people in Latin America and the Caribbean are in extreme poverty (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
21.9% was the incidence of extreme poverty in rural areas of LAC in 2022 (+0.7 pp vs. 2021), while in urban areas it reached 11% (+0.1 pp) (ECLAC, FAO and IICA, 2023).
1.4 percentage points is the difference in inflation between the poorest and richest sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean.
4 of the 10 most climate-affected countries between 1998-2017 are in the region, which accounted for 46% of global losses from climate disasters in the last decade (FAO, 2022).
