General Information

Region		Latin America & Caribbean
Population (000, 2024)		183 410a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		74.4a
Surface area (km2)		2 452 270b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		95.2a

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	1 446 809	1 381 514	1 785 939b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3	-8.5	4.2b
GDP per capita (current US$)	8 653.8	7 834.2	9 974.0b
Employment in agriculturec (% of employed)	17.1	16.3	15.3b
Employment in industryc (% of employed)	22.8	23.1	24b
Employment in servicesc (% employed)	60	60.6	60.7b
Unemploymentc (% of labour force)	4.4	5.4	3.6
Labour force participation ratec (female/male pop. %)	44.0 / 79.1	42.1 / 73.6	46.2 / 77.4
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	111	115b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	427 547	463 693	646 188d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	476 435	455 542	707 710d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 48 888	8 151	- 61 522d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.1	0.9	1a
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	2a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	76.7 / 71.4	74.4 / 67.4	77.9 / 72.4a
Population age distributiong (0-14/60+ years old, %)	29.2 / 9.2	27.2 / 10.4	25.6 / 11.4a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	1 860.2 / 1.1	2 302.0 / 1.3	... / ...
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	18.1	15.2	13.7a
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	30.1	36.9h	39h

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Forested areac (% of land area)	36.5	35.9	35.8i
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	... / 48.7	... / 52.0	... / 50.1b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	38.5 / ...	49.0 / ...	53.9 / ...b