Economy & Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean 82 indicators covering economy & growth for Latin America and the Caribbean. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour share of GDP 49.2% 2025 down 0.6% 19th Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods, services and 9.4% 2024 up 61.0% 8th Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP 0.6% 2023 down 10.3% 15th 15.4.2 Mountain area: Montane — Value 1.32 million km2 2021 unchanged 9th Consumer Prices, General Indices (2015 = 100), weighted average 1,832 2026 up 1,579.5% 2nd Consumer Prices, General Indices (2015 = 100), median — Value 128.09 2026 up 25.8% 26th Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean - Comparative 21.72 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 7.2% 1st Revenue Statistics in Africa - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues 21.26 Percentage of GDP 2023 up 4.1% 1st Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$, 2015 prices 1.78 million million USD 2024 down 3.2% 12th Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ 2.11 million million USD 2024 down 1.9% 12th Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific - Comparative tax and 21.72 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 7.2% 2nd Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP 5.6% 2024 up 0.8% 3rd Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP 0.1% 2023 down 20.0% 17th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 22 - Returns on direct 6.91 Percent per annum 2022 up 4.7% 5th Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a 5.6% 2025 down 10.3% 7th Employed persons in the tourism industries 18.47 million 2024 up 22.1% 9th 15.4.2 Mountain area: Alpine — Value 481,954 km2 2021 unchanged 7th Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), weighted average — Value — July 2026 4.91 Int$ (PPP) per person per day 2025 up 55.4% 5th Cost of a healthy diet (CoHD), simple average — Value — July 2026 5.41 Int$ (PPP) per person per day 2025 up 49.4% 3rd 15.4.2 Mountain area: Nival — Value 30,184 km2 2021 unchanged 12th Material footprint per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 4.44 2022 up 172.1% 2nd Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights 10 2025 unchanged 3rd ← Previous Page 2 of 2