Latin America: baby food spending as share of baby care 2020, by country

According to a study published on May 2020, the average spending on baby food varied between approximately 9.8 percent and 18.2 percent of the total expenditure during pregnancy and a child's first year of life, in a group of selected Latin American countries. Argentina was the country with the highest share. As of that date, average spending on the newborns first year in the South American country attained more than 3.2 thousand U.S. dollars.

根据2020年5月发表的一项研究，在所选拉丁美洲国家中，孕妇及其孩子在出生后的第一年内的平均支出中，婴幼儿食品的花费占大约9.8%至18.2%的比例。阿根廷是该比例最高的国家。截至该研究日期，在阿根廷，新生儿在其第一年的平均支出已超过3,200美元。