Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Almost 25% of the species in Chile are endemic (MMA, 2019).
90% of fresh fruit imports in the United States came from Latin America in 2016 (IDB, 2019).
To US$5 billion in 2019 amounted to Peruvian agricultural exports, 12% in total exports (IDB, 2019).
US$562 million moved Mexico in pork exports to Japan in 2018, a country that has been the main importer of this product in the world (IDB, 2019).
1.3 million tons per year of pork positioned Mexico as the 15th largest producer in the world in 2018 (IDB, 2019).
Nearly 2% of B2C trade and 3.2% of global cross-border trade were accounted for by Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 (IDB, 2019).
66.7% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean had internet access in 2019, but only 23% of rural households had connection (ECLAC, 2023).
A 1% increase in participation in global value chains is linked to an increase in per capita income of more than 1% in the long run.
60% is the required increase in global food production by 2050, when the population will reach 9.7 billion (UNDESA, 2019).
15% of Brazil's territory occupies the Atlantic Forest, a critical biome with 35% of the country's plants and the most threatened (Da Silva R. F. F. B. et al., 2019).
