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4 Central American countries, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, contain extensive areas of the Dry Corridor exposed to prolonged droughts and extreme rainfall associated with El Niño.
AgroLatam.com (2026)
AgroLatam.com. (2026, 26 de julio). ¿El Niño llevará al agro de Centroamérica a una crisis alimentaria? https://www.agrolatam.com/agricultura-latam/el-nino-crisis-alimentaria-centroamerica-onu-alerta-agro/
More than 100,000 people in 250 rural communities benefited from anticipatory actions implemented in nine countries during the 2023-2024 El Niño event, with increases of up to 40% in maize and bean production in some Central American countries.
World Food Programme (2026)
World Food Programme. (2026, May 14). United Nations: Latin America and the Caribbean faces increased food insecurity risks due to El Niño. https://www.wfp.org/news/united-nations-latin-america-and-caribbean-faces-increased-food-insecurity-risks-due-el-nino
45% of Caribbean SDG targets are stagnant or regressing, making it the lowest-performing subregion (13%) versus 19% in South America and 18% in Central America (CEPAL, 2026).
(CEPAL, 2026)
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). (2026). Al ritmo actual, América Latina y el Caribe solo cumpliría el 19% de las metas de la Agenda 2030. https://www.cepal.org
23 countries in LAC recorded positive year-on-year productivity changes in 2024, according to the report’s analysis (ECLAC, 2025).
23 países de ALC registraron variaciones interanuales positivas de productividad en 2024, según el análisis del informe (CEPAL, 2025).
351 initiatives (51.1%) receive financial support from subnational public sources in the dataset of 687 Productive Articulation Initiatives (PAI) across 18 countries (2023–2025) (ECLAC, 2025).
351 iniciativas (51,1%) reciben apoyo financiero de fuentes públicas subnacionales en la base de 687 Iniciativas de Articulación Productiva (IAP) de 18 países (2023–2025) reportada por el informe (CEPAL, 2025).
23% of the world’s forests and 60% of global biodiversity are located in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the region’s strategic importance for ecosystem and biodiversity conservation. This significant share also reflects the critical role of LAC in providing essential ecosystem services and in supporting global efforts to address environmental degradation and climate change (World Resources Institute, 2024)
World Resources Institute, 2024
58% of greenhouse gas emissions in Latin America and the Caribbean originate from land use, land-use change, and the forestry sector, highlighting the significant weight of these activities in the region’s climate dynamics and the urgent need to strengthen mitigation efforts (World Resources Institute, 2024).
World Resources Institute, 2024
7% of forest cover was lost between 1990 and 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean, equivalent to 138 million hectares, highlighting the scale of landscape degradation in the region and the urgency of advancing large-scale restoration and conservation efforts (World Resources Institute, 2024).
World Resources Institute, 2024
270 initiatives (39.3%) receive private-sector financing in the dataset of 687 IAPs across 18 countries (2023–2025) (ECLAC, 2025).
270 iniciativas (39,3%) reciben apoyo financiero del sector privado en la base de 687 Iniciativas de Articulación Productiva (IAP) de 18 países (2023–2025) reportada por el informe (CEPAL, 2025).
15 initiatives report financing from international cooperation in the dataset of 687 IAPs across 18 countries (2023–2025) (ECLAC, 2025).
15 iniciativas reportan financiamiento de cooperación internacional en la base de 687 IAP de 18 países (2023–2025) presentada en el informe (CEPAL, 2025).