Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
60.6% of people lived in totally informal households in Peru (OECD, 2024).
65.4% of the population lived in fully formal households in Uruguay (OECD, 2024).
62.0% of the population lived in fully formal households in the Bahamas (OECD, 2024).
59.2% of the population lived in fully formal households in Chile (OECD, 2024).
56.6% of the population lived in fully formal households in Costa Rica (OECD, 2024).
0.61, 0.50 and 0.51 were the Gini coefficients in Bolivia, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador in the early 2000s (OECD, 2024).
Formal workers earned on average twice the hourly wage compared to informal workers in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2024).
Formal workers earned 4.4, 2.5 and 2.4 times more than informal workers in El Salvador, Honduras and Peru (OECD, 2024).
Formal workers earned 1.7, 1.3 and 1.6 times more in Barbados, Chile, Brazil and Colombia (OECD, 2024).
Social spending by central governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) represented 11.5% of GDP in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
