Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
With 6.5% of the population, some 43.2 million people in LAC suffer from hunger (FAO et al., 2023).
29.5% represents the relationship between stocks and consumption of cereals in the world for the period 2022-2023 (FAO, 2023).
With a 60% probability, El Niño is expected to begin to show its effects in mid-2023, after three consecutive years of La Niña (AMIS, 2023).
26 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in rural areas live in extreme poverty (ECLAC, 2022)
3.7% was the growth rate of economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2022, which is about half of the 6.7% rate recorded in 2021 (IMF, 2023).
3.5% was the global GDP growth in 2022, 1.2 percentage points lower than forecasted before the Russian invasion of Ukraine (IMF, 2023)
0.9% was the average growth in 2014-2023, less than half of the 2.0% recorded in the “lost decade” of 1980-1989 (ECLAC, 2022).
1.2% is the anticipated growth rate for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, signaling a deepening economic slowdown in the region (CEPAL)
More than 939 million women aged 15 or older experienced moderate to severe food insecurity in 2021, compared with 813 million men in the same age class.
1.3 billion tonnes of food are lost or wasted every year, equivalent to one third of the production intended for human consumption.
