LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGIONAL INDICATORS
Prel.
INDICATORS (US$ b. unless noted) 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
POPULATION
Millions 390. 398. 406. 414. 422. 431. 439. 446. 454. 462.
Growth rate (%) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7
MACROECONOMIC
Real GDP Growth Rate (%) 5.6 4.2 4.1 3.2 .8 1.6 -.2 3.2 2.1 3.30
Real GDP Per Capita Growth Rate (%) 3.5 2.2 2.0 1.2 -1.1 -.3 -2.0 1.3 .5 1.60
Consumer Price Index (% change) 163.8 237.2 99.6 157.8 383.6 952.0 1527.8 224.6 449.0 977.40
CPI without Brazil (% change) 193.2 298.4 70.3 111.1 172.3 966.5 894.6 77.5 21.5 15.60
INVESTMENT
Net Capital Inflow 10.4 3.1 9.9 15.2 5.3 9.7 20.7 39.3 62.0 54.60
Net Payments of Profits/Interest 37.2 35.3 32.4 31.3 34.0 37.6 34.8 31.0 29.2 28.90
Transfer of Resources -26.8 -32.2 -22.5 -16.1 -28.7 -27.9 -14.1 8.3 32.8 25.7
Direct Foreign Investment (net) 3.3 4.3 3.6 5.8 8.0 7.1 7.7 12.8 13.8 14.60
U.S. Direct Investment Position 24.2 27.9 36.4 47.2 53.0 62.0 72.0 77.3 88.9 n/a
TRADE
LAC Total Exports (fob) 107.4 99.3 82.4 92.5 106.3 113.7 127.4 137.7 149.4 163.3
LAC Total Imports (cif) 75.5 72.7 72.6 84.2 92.1 99.6 115.0 143.0 176.8 194.5
LAC Trade Balance with the World 31.9 26.6 9.8 8.3 14.2 14.1 12.4 -5.3 -27.5 -31.2
LAC Intra-Regional Trade 14.8 12.6 11.7 13.8 15.3 17.6 20.7 23.1 28.0 32.3
U.S. Imports from LAC [a] 46.8 46.4 41.5 45.5 49.8 56.3 62.4 61.0 66.5 72.7
U.S. Exports to LAC [a] 29.3 30.5 30.6 34.6 43.7 49.0 54.1 63.5 75.7 78.5
U.S. Trade Balance with LAC -17.5 -15.9 -10.9 -10.9 -6.1 -7.3 -8.3 2.5 9.2 5.8
U.S. Imports of Services from LAC 13.6 15.6 16.3 17.5 19.7 20.4 22.1 23.3
U.S. Exports of Services to LAC 13.5 14.0 15.7 17.7 21.3 24.1 26.4 28.2
U.S. Services Balance with LAC -.1 -1.6 -.7 .1 1.6 3.7 4.3 5.0
DEBT
Long-Term Debt Outstanding 316. 331. 381. 411. 390. 375. 378. 383. 388. 408.
Long-Term Debt/GNP (%) 49.6 51.7 58.5 59.2 49.2 42.2 35.7 33.3 32.7 33.3
Total Debt Service 51.7 47.7 48.4 47.0 55.5 51.3 46.1 45.8 54.3 57.3
Debt Service/Exports Goods & Serv. (%) 39.9 38.3 43.7 38.1 39.8 32.9 26.9 25.9 29.8 29.5
SOCIAL
Life Expectancy at Birth (years) 65.2 65.6 65.90 66.2 66.5 66.8 67.1 67.4 67.7 68.0
Total Fertility Rates 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0
Under 1 Child Mortality (per 1,000 births) 59 57 56 54 53 52 50 49 48 46
DPT 3 Vaccine Coverage (%) 54. 52. 49. 51. 59. 59. 74. 70. 77. 78.
Measles Vaccine Coverage (%) 52. 58. 55. 56. 63. 65. 76. 74. 81. 83.
Polio 3 Vaccine Coverage (%) 76. 68. 79. 71. 83. 85. 87. 87. 88. 88.
ORT Use Rates (%) 18. 11. 19. 45. 24. 51. 56. 56. -- 67.
[a] U.S. trade figures are not comparable to the total trade due to differences in recording techniques
Sources:
Population: U.S. Bureau of the Census and USAID., Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Staff
Macroeconomic: USAID., Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean Staff
Investment: U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (net capital flows, net payments, transfer),
World Bank and USAID/LAC (direct foreign investment), U.S. Department of Commerce (U.S. direct investment position).
Trade: International Monetary Fund (exports-fob, imports-cif), U.S. Department of Commerce (U.S. trade)
Debt: World Bank
Social: Center for International Health Information (CIHI)
Date: 4/94