Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
575 million people will still be in extreme poverty in 2030 if current trends continue, and only one third of countries will reach the target of halving national poverty (UN, 2023).
3% of the world's territory is occupied by cities, but they consume up to 80% of energy and generate 75% of carbon emissions (UN, 2023).
1.6% reached loans to the agricultural sector in LAC in 2020, before decreasing to 1.37% in 2021 (ECLAC et al., 2024).
23.4 billion per year on average (2001-2021) represented 0.67% of LAC GDP in public agrifood spending (ECLAC et al., 2024).
41% represents the rural poverty rate in LAC, being approximately 15 percentage points higher than urban poverty (ECLAC. et al, 2024).
6.4% of the GDP of LAC countries is estimated as the average cost of malnutrition problems, ranging from malnutrition to overweight and obesity (ECLAC. et al, 2024).
300 billion per year until 2030 is the estimated cost of transforming agrifood systems and eradicating global hunger and malnutrition (ECLAC et al., 2024).
12% of agricultural production in Latin America and the Caribbean is lost or wasted, while globally this figure is somewhat lower, at around 10% (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
30% of children in LAC had not consumed meat or eggs, while approximately 20% had not consumed fruits or vegetables, according to surveys (UNICEF, 2024).
15% of the global value of fruits and 7% of vegetables are produced in LAC (Díaz-Bonilla, 2024).
