Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean: Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ was 2.11 million million USD in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2.11 million million USD
Change on year
down 2.1%
Rank
12th
of 33 groups
All-time high
2.15 million million USD
in 2023
All-time low
476,535 million USD
in 2002
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2001–2024

500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2001201220242001: 563.0k million USD2002: 476.5k million USD2003: 503.3k million USD2004: 601.6k million USD2005: 737.7k million USD2006: 955.0k million USD2007: 1.1M million USD2008: 1.4M million USD2009: 1.4M million USD2010: 1.6M million USD2011: 1.9M million USD2012: 1.9M million USD2013: 2.1M million USD2014: 2.1M million USD2015: 1.6M million USD2016: 1.6M million USD2017: 1.7M million USD2018: 1.7M million USD2019: 1.6M million USD2020: 1.5M million USD2021: 1.6M million USD2022: 1.9M million USD2023: 2.2M million USD2024: 2.1M million USD

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.

Analysis

The most recent figure for total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in Latin America and the Caribbean is 2.11 million million USD, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 2.15 million million USD in 2023 and was at its lowest, 476,535 million USD, in 2002.

Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 12th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year

Annual values for Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2001 to 2024.
Year million USD Change
2001 563,025 million USD
2002 476,535 million USD -15.4%
2003 503,254 million USD +5.6%
2004 601,628 million USD +19.5%
2005 737,667 million USD +22.6%
2006 954,986 million USD +29.5%
2007 1.12 million million USD +17.1%
2008 1.36 million million USD +22.0%
2009 1.40 million million USD +3.0%
2010 1.62 million million USD +15.4%
2011 1.91 million million USD +18.0%
2012 1.89 million million USD -1.0%
2013 2.10 million million USD +10.9%
2014 2.15 million million USD +2.3%
2015 1.63 million million USD -24.0%
2016 1.60 million million USD -2.1%
2017 1.75 million million USD +9.3%
2018 1.69 million million USD -3.4%
2019 1.65 million million USD -2.4%
2020 1.52 million million USD -8.0%
2021 1.63 million million USD +7.4%
2022 1.88 million million USD +15.3%
2023 2.15 million million USD +14.8%
2024 2.11 million million USD -2.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 858,087 million USD 476,535 million USD 1.40 million million USD 9
2010s 1.80 million million USD 1.60 million million USD 2.15 million million USD 10
2020s 1.86 million million USD 1.52 million million USD 2.15 million million USD 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.11 million million USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
The highest recorded value was 2.15 million million USD in 2023.
What is the lowest total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
The lowest recorded value was 476,535 million USD in 2002.
How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$?
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$
Unit
million USD
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
41 places, 984 data points, 2001–2024
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The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.