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IndicatorPERPeruLatin America & Caribbean
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #58
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile33.3rank #146
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.38rank #69
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.39rank #67
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.76rank #61
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile47.4rank #115
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #58
Military spending% GDP0.91%rank #116
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.45rank #49
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile54.7rank #156
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile56.2rank #84
Rule of Law0-100 percentile48.3rank #133
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.59rank #73
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.67rank #47
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.51rank #59
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile57.6rank #96
Women in parliament% seats41.5%rank #22
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.78rank #69
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment23.1%rank #74
Agriculture value added% GDP7.5%rank #84
Annual working hours per workerhours2,143rank #40
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker84,896.4rank #114
Current account balance% GDP3.6%rank #20
Employment-to-population ratio%69.1%rank #22
External debt stocks% GNI34.2%rank #34
FDI net inflows% GDP3.1%rank #28
GDPcurrent US$334.85Brank #46
GDP growth%3.4%rank #91
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$9,684.4rank #85
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $16,079.1rank #100
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $14,338.7rank #102
Government expenditure% GDP22.8%rank #82
Gross capital formation% GDP20.3%rank #89
Gross savings% GDP24%rank #31
High-technology exports% manuf. exports5.2%rank #81
Human capital indexindex2.8rank #69
Industry value added% GDP34.3%rank #34
Inflation%1.5%rank #46
Labour force participation rate%72.9%rank #22
Personal remittances received% GDP1.6%rank #55
R&D expenditure% GDP0.18%rank #69
Tax revenue% GDP15.9%rank #67
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.45rank #89
Trade openness% GDP51.8%rank #101
Unemployment% labor force5.1%rank #92
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%5.2%rank #96
Vulnerable employment% employment47.5%rank #127
Youth unemployment% ages 15-249.5%rank #65
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-249.6%rank #66
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop95.6%rank #89
Basic sanitation access% pop78.8%rank #122
Child mortalityper 1001.3rank #59
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,810.5rank #116
DTP3 immunization coverage%80%rank #20
Health spending% GDP5.6%rank #113
Infant mortalityper 1k births11rank #56
Life expectancyyears77.9rank #73
Maternal mortalityper 100k51rank #38
Measles immunization% children89%rank #11
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%89%rank #11
Physiciansper 1k1.7rank #30
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m331.1rank #154
Road traffic deathsper 100k13.6rank #56
Smoking prevalence% adults12.4%rank #37
Suicide mortality rateper 100k1.5rank #14
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k139rank #106
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births12.9rank #90
Undernourishment% pop6.9%rank #25
Education
Adult literacy%93.7%rank #16
Education spending% GDP4.4%rank #18
Expected years of schoolingyears14.9rank #69
Mean years of schoolingyears10.2rank #87
Primary completion rate% relevant age95%rank #78
Primary enrollment% gross112.8%rank #17
Secondary enrollment% gross108.3%rank #18
Tertiary enrollment% gross71.2%rank #34
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00015.8rank #99
Fertility ratebirths/woman2rank #103
Median age of populationyears29.5rank #116
Net migration rateper 1,0000.73rank #78
Populationpeople34.58Mrank #48
Population growth%1%rank #99
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years82.3rank #72
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands40,583.9rank #51
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age50rank #151
Urban population%85.6%rank #35
Climate
CO₂ emissionst70.25Mrank #48
CO₂ per capitat2.1rank #125
Electricity access% pop96.5%rank #17
Electricity from coal% generation0.02%rank #2
Electricity from hydro% generation56.1%rank #11
Electricity from solar% generation3%rank #62
Electricity from wind% generation3.5%rank #53
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita1,594.7rank #94
Forest area% land56.1%rank #38
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita7.2rank #135
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh238.3rank #34
Renewable electricity%63.6%rank #25
Renewable energy share%30.6%rank #72
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e243rank #154
Society
Asylum seekerspeople113,900rank #162
Extreme poverty% pop5.1%rank #15
Female labor participation%65%rank #23
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10011.7rank #95
Gender Development Indexratio0.96rank #57
Gender Inequality Index0-10.34rank #76
Gini indexindex40.1rank #13
Homicide rateper 100k8.6rank #83
Human Development Index0-10.79rank #63
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.63rank #67
Internet users% pop82%rank #91
Life satisfaction0-106rank #69
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.76rank #20
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #123
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #88
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.07rank #111
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.25rank #122
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people6,788rank #100
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people7,885rank #109
Youth NEET rate%23.9%rank #123
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year12rank #8
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-106.7rank #57
Human hazard & exposure0-107rank #53
INFORM risk score0-105.2rank #41
Lack of coping capacity0-103.9rank #31
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-103.5rank #31
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104.2rank #21
Natural hazard & exposure0-106.4rank #50
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year12rank #8
Socio-economic vulnerability0-103.4rank #35
Vulnerability0-105.3rank #42
Vulnerable groups0-106.8rank #61
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