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Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies

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Labor productivity

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

70% of US labor productivity corresponds to the LAC average (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate) United States
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming Value Addition
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions Agricultural workers
Result: Information generation

Productivity gap

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

80% of the productivity gap between LAC and the US is explained by differences in TFP (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Family Farming Value Addition
Instrument: Collect, analyze, disseminate and exchange data and information between countries
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Public institutions Agricultural workers

US PTF

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

1/3 of the US TFP is equivalent to the average TFP of LAC (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: United States
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agricultural workers
Result: Information generation

real GDP

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

The real GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean grew by 5.3% annually between 1950 and 1970 (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Value Addition
Beneficiary: Private enterprises Public institutions Agricultural workers
Result: Impact: Economic growth

TFP in OECD countries

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

TFP grew by 2.4% annually in OECD countries during the same period 1950–1975 (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: World (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Family Farming Value Addition
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agricultural workers
Result: Information generation

Capital per worker

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

A quarter of the capital per worker in LAC is equivalent to the level observed in the US (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate) United States
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Family Farming Value Addition
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agricultural workers

Productivity 1990

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

40% of OECD productivity was represented by LAC in 1990 (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming
Beneficiary: Public institutions Agricultural workers
Result: Information generation

GDP growth

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

A quarter of GDP growth in 1950–70 came from TFP growth in LAC (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Value Addition
Beneficiary: Private enterprises Public institutions Agricultural workers
Result: Impact: Economic growth

ALC PTF

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

1950–2023 is the period in which LAC's TFP remained systematically below the OECD average (OECD, 2024).

OECD, 2024

OECD, CEPAL, CAF – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, & Comisión Europea. (2024). Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2024: Financiando el desarrollo sostenible. OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/25aed2f5-es

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Family Farming Value Addition
Beneficiary: Family agriculture Public institutions