Agriculture & Rural in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

29 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 2.1% 2025 down 12.3%
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% 2024 down 16.1%
Rural population 18.5% 2025 down 10.4%
Rural population growth -0.6% 2025 down 937.5%
Rural population 120.45 million 2025 down 3.3%
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.1% 2025 up 25.7%
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 497.31 billion current US$ 2025 up 74.8%
Land under cereal production 51.92 million hectares 2024 down 6.9%
Cereal yield 4,828 kg per hectare 2024 up 16.4%
Cereal production 250.65 million metric tons 2024 up 8.4%
Fertilizer consumption 183.99 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 20.3%
Land area 19.93 million sq. km 2023 up 0.1%
Agricultural land 6.53 million sq. km 2023 down 1.7%
Agricultural land 32.7% 2023 down 1.7%
Permanent cropland 1.2% 2023 up 8.2%
Arable land 7.4% 2023 up 2.1%
Arable land 0.2301 hectares per person 2023 down 6.0%
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 7.2% 2025 down 1.9%
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 16.7% 2025 down 9.5%
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 12.7% 2025 down 8.7%
Crop production index 100 2014-2016 = 100 2020 unchanged
Food production index 100 2014-2016 = 100 2020 unchanged
Livestock production index 100 2014-2016 = 100 2020 unchanged
Forest area 46.2% 2023 down 2.9%
Forest area 9.20 million sq. km 2023 down 2.8%
Fertilizer consumption 561.3% 2023 up 91.5%
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 74.8% 2022 up 1.7%
Surface area 20.38 million sq. km 2023 up 0.4%
Access to electricity, rural 90.8% 2024 up 3.5%