Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
70% of habitat conversion in LAC comes from agriculture and livestock (CAF, 2025).
81% of the productive units in ALC correspond to family farming (CAF, 2025).
70% of rural employment comes from agriculture in Bolivia and Peru (CAF, 2025).
80% of the productivity gap between LAC and the US is explained by differences in TFP (OECD, 2024).
70% of US labor productivity corresponds to the LAC average (OECD, 2024).
40% of OECD productivity was represented by LAC in 1990 (OECD, 2024).
33% of OECD productivity reached LAC in 2023 (OECD, 2024).
Three key sectors —trade, manufacturing and services— concentrate the productivity lag in LAC (OECD, 2024).
1 in 10 people in LAC lived in extreme poverty in 2024 (OECD, 2024).
The industrial sector generates 9 Gt/year of CO2 globally (CAF, 2023).
