Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
Of the 33 countries in LAC, only three have an agricultural census produced in the last 5 years (FAO and UNDP, 2025)
More than 15% of family farming farms in LAC exceed 20 hectares (FAO and UNDP, 2025).
Coffee production has increased 75% since 1990 due to the growth of global wealth (EOM, 2024).
Coffee consumption grows between 2% and 2.5% annually (EOM, 2024).
More than half of the world's population lacks adequate sanitation services (WRI, 2025).
One in three people in the world, or more than 2.2 billion, still lack access to safe drinking wáter (WRI, 2025).
USD 23.4 million was the annual average that WFP executed during the decade 2013-2022 in food purchases, logistics services and monetary transfers (Namdar and Saa, 2024).
0.9% was the average annual growth rate of Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2024, less than half of the 2.0% recorded during the lost decade of the 1980s (ECLAC, 2024).
55% of women entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean work in the informal sector, which limits their ability to grow in size and profits (ECLAC, 2024).
