General Information

Region		Latin America & Caribbean
Population (000, 2025)		185 161a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		75.1a
Surface area (km2)		2 452 270b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		95.2a

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 446 823	1 381 277	2 157 454b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3	-8.2	3.6b
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 625.0	7 813.0	11 879.0b
Employment in agriculturec (% of employed)	17.1	16.2	14.6b
Employment in industryc (% of employed)	22.8	23.1	23.9b
Employment in servicesc (% employed)	60.1	60.7	61.5b
Unemploymentc (% of labour force)	4.4	5.5	3.3
Labour force participation ratec (female/male pop. %)	44.2 / 79.1	42.4 / 73.5	46.4 / 77.4
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	111	117b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	427 547	463 693	676 604d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	476 435	455 542	740 388d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 48 888	8 151	- 63 784d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1	0.9	0.9a
Urban population (% of total population)	73.7	75e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.9f	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.3	2.1	1.9a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	76.7 / 71.4	74.4 / 67.4	78.0 / 72.5a
Population age distributiong (0-14/60+ years old, %)	29.2 / 9.2	27.2 / 10.4	25.2 / 11.7a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 935.3 / 1.2	2 439.5 / 1.4	3 120.7 / 1.7d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	18.1	15.2	13.3a
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	30.1	36.9h	39.6h

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Forested areac (% of land area)	36.5	35.9	35.7i
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	... / 48.7	... / 52.0	... / 50.1i
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	38.5 / ...	49.0 / ...	53.9 / ...i