Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
55.9% and 55.4% were the rates of male and female informality in ALC (OECD, 2024).
3 out of 10 young women found employment in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
39.6% of youth employment was observed in LAC in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
The gender gap in employment rates in LAC was 24.8 percentage points in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
6.9% of households without a water source have girls as the main people responsible for water collection (FAO, 2024).
Women spend an average of 4.2 hours a day on unpaid domestic and care work (FAO, 2024).
On average, 31% to 38% of formal small and medium-sized enterprises are owned by women (FAO, 2024).
39.6% of people working for remuneration or subsistence throughout the value chain of small-scale fisheries are women (FAO, 2024).
54% of the people working in agri-food systems in Bolivia are women (FAO, 2024).
The global proportion of men and women working in agri-food systems fell by almost 10 percentage points between 2005 and 2019 (FAO, 2024).
