Development Goals in South America 49 indicators covering development goals for South America. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 1,476 per 100,000 people 2025 up 1,611.8% 5th Manufacturing value added per capita 817.14 constant US$ 2025 down 28.7% 22nd Number of transboundary breeds 290 2025 up 3.6% 15th Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 283 2025 up 3.7% 13th Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 138 2025 down 32.4% 16th Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 224 2025 down 14.5% 22nd Number of local breeds (not extinct) 329 2025 up 8.9% 23rd Number of local breeds kept in the country 338 2025 up 8.7% 23rd Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 7.73 ltpureal 2024 up 0.5% 13th Children moderately or severely stunted 2,822 num th 2024 down 10.9% 19th Children moderately or severely overweight 2,839 num th 2024 up 7.7% 15th Annual inflation, consumer prices 4.4% 2024 down 7.4% 6th Prevalence of undernourishment 3.5% 2025 down 7.9% 24th Change in maximum river flow 1.9% 2024 down 60.7% 26th Change in minimum river flow -5.7% 2024 down 1,319.5% 34th River flow maximum 44.47 million m3 per sec 2024 down 2.8% 4th River flow minimum 11.80 million m3 per sec 2024 down 5.3% 4th Domestic material consumption, by type of raw material 8.05 billion tonnes 2022 up 6.6% 13th Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material 18.71 tonnes 2022 down 1.4% 9th Total official flows for scholarships, by recipient countries 43.73 million constant US$ 2024 down 3.4% 22nd Number of undernourished people 15.4 num m 2025 unchanged 20th Chlorophyll-a deviations, remote sensing 3.3% 2022 up 1.4% 16th Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted) 16.84 µg/m³ 2023 down 22.6% 23rd Worldwide weighted tariff-average, most-favoured-nation status, by 10.2% 2024 down 23.9% 22nd Worldwide weighted tariff-average, preferential status, by type of 2.6% 2024 down 58.0% 27th Current number of seats in national parliaments 2,102 2026 up 7.3% 24th Plant genetic resources accessions stored ex situ 370,254 2024 up 8.4% 14th Data Sources performance index (Statistical Performance Indicators) 63.25 index 2024 up 22.8% 12th Countries with national statistical legislation exists that complies 9 2025 up 80.0% 19th Countries with national statistical plans that are under 7 2025 unchanged 22nd Countries with national statistical plans that are fully funded 8 2025 up 60.0% 12th Land area 1.75 million ha th 2025 down 0.0% 12th Gross receipts by developing countries of official sustainable 3,831 million current US$ 2024 up 32.3% 23rd Gross receipts by developing countries of official concessional 654.59 million current US$ 2024 down 59.4% 27th Gross receipts by developing countries of mobilised private finance 15,302 million current US$ 2024 up 1,084.8% 5th Gross receipts by developing countries of private grants 171.63 million current US$ 2024 up 530.8% 16th Gross receipts by developing countries of official non-concessional 22,582 million current US$ 2024 up 26.9% 10th Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 69.2% 2022 up 11.7% 16th Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 1.15 million tonnes 2022 up 14.2% 13th Chlorophyll-a anomaly, remote sensing 1.3% 2022 — 14th Beach litter items per unit of surface area 45 num items per 100m2 2024 down 90.7% 12th Number of local breeds for which sufficient genetic resources are 4 2025 up 100.0% 23rd Number of transboundary breeds for which sufficient genetic resources 3 2025 — 23rd Mangrove area 20,378 kmsq 2020 up 0.9% 10th Mangrove total area change -0.7% 2020 up 55.6% 2nd Total deaths and disappearances recorded during migration 90 2025 up 1,185.7% 27th Total resource flows for development, by recipient and donor countries 41,281 million current US$ 2024 down 52.2% 15th Material footprint per capita, by type of raw material 13.83 tonnes 2022 down 8.6% 12th Material footprint, by type of raw material 5.95 billion tonnes 2022 down 1.2% 14th