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

Evidences

405 results

Employment in ALC

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

23%, 10% and 11% of employment are concentrated in trade, manufacturing and other services 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

Debt reduction

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

Increases in debt service reduced the available fiscal space in Latin America and the Caribbean after the pandemic (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 Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Public institutions

Inflation in LAC

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

LAC reached an average inflation rate of 10% by mid-2022 (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
Result: Impact: Economic growth

Inflation

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

2023 marked the beginning of clear declines in inflation in most LAC countries (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: Consumers Private enterprises Exporters Public institutions
Result: Impact: Economic growth

Productivity gap

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

The productivity gap between Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and high-income economies has been declining for 33 years (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

Tag: Gaps
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture Family Farming
Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture Agricultural workers
Result: Information generation

Regional gap

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

A 6.4% increase in spending would be needed to close the regional gap (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

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Agri-Food (total)
Area: Agrifood Context
Beneficiary: Consumers Public institutions

Energy transition

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

The global spending gap in energy transition is 286 billion USD annually (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

Tag: Agriculture&Energy
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Renewable energy
Area: Regenerative and Resilient Agriculture
Beneficiary: Public institutions
Result: Impact: Energy transition

Climate and biodiversity

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

The annual gap in ALC19 for climate and biodiversity is 102 billion USD (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

Tag: Forests&Biodiversity
Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)
Sector: Environment and natural resources
Area: Biodiversity Conservation
Beneficiary: Public institutions
Result: Impact: Improved biodiversity status

OECD Productivity

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

66% of OECD sectoral 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) World (aggregate)
Sector: Multisectoral
Area: Value Addition
Beneficiary: Private enterprises Public institutions Agricultural workers
Result: Impact: Economic growth

Productivity in LAC

02/12/2025 Go to Evidence

Three key sectors —trade, manufacturing and services— concentrate the productivity lag 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

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