Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
4.3% of global aquaculture comes from LAC, with 3.8 million tonnes in 2021, 20% of its total fishery production (FAO, 2024).
26 of 45 LAC countries have climate adaptation instruments, but only 15 apply them to aquaculture (FAO, 2024).
93% of aquaculture production in Latin America and the Caribbean is concentrated in six countries, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru (FAO, 2024).
More than USD 7 trillion annually, equivalent to 8% of the world economy, is associated with implicit subsidies to agriculture, fisheries and fossil fuels.
USD 1.25 trillion per year represents fossil fuel subsidies and public spending on agriculture and fisheries.
More than USD 635 billion a year is spent on subsidies in the global agricultural sector, while in the fisheries sector it exceeds USD 35 billion a year.
3 billion people depend on the oceans for food, obtaining almost 20% of their animal protein intake from fisheries.
34% of the fisheries sector is in crisis due to overexploitation, exacerbated by open access regimes and subsidies.
Four-fifths of all life on Earth lives in the ocean: it feeds three billion people (FAO, 2023).
From 90% to 64.6% the proportion of world fishery resources at biologically sustainable levels declined between 1974 and 2019, evidencing a significant decline in the sustainability of global fisheries (FAO, 2022).
