This is a list of Latin American and Caribbean countries by gross domestic product (nominal) in USD according to the International Monetary Fund's estimates in May 2023 World Economic Outlook database.
Cuba is not included in the list due to lack of economic data. Puerto Rico is not listed since it is a U.S. territory, and neither is the Falkland Islands since it is a British Overseas Territory.
Rank | Country | GDP (nominal) (millions of US$) | GDP (nominal) per capita (US$) |
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1 | Brazil | 2,331,391 | 11,352 |
2 | Mexico | 1,811,468 | 13,804 |
3 | Argentina | 621,833 | 13,297 |
4 | Colombia | 363,835 | 6,976 |
5 | Chile | 344,400 | 17,254 |
6 | Peru | 264,636 | 7,669 |
7 | Dominican Republic | 120,629 | 11,249 |
8 | Ecuador | 118,686 | 6,500 |
9 | Guatemala | 102,765 | 5,407 |
10 | Venezuela | 92,210 | 3,474 |
11 | Costa Rica | 85,590 | 16,213 |
12 | Panama | 82,348 | 18,494 |
13 | Uruguay | 76,244 | 21,378 |
14 | Bolivia | 46,796 | 3,858 |
15 | Paraguay | 44,142 | 5,843 |
16 | El Salvador | 35,339 | 5,558 |
17 | Honduras | 33,992 | 3,245 |
18 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27,887 | 19,622 |
19 | Haiti | 25,986 | 2,125 |
20 | Jamaica | 18,761 | 6,831 |
21 | Nicaragua | 17,353 | 2,599 |
22 | Guyana | 16,329 | 20,565 |
23 | The Bahamas | 13,876 | 34,371 |
24 | Barbados | 6,220 | 21,443 |
25 | Suriname | 3,539 | 5,667 |
26 | Belize | 3,218 | 7,142 |
27 | Saint Lucia | 2,469 | 13,572 |
28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,949 | 19,068 |
29 | Grenada | 1,306 | 11,437 |
30 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,069 | 18,159 |
31 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,039 | 9,360 |
32 | Dominica | 697 | 9,356 |
The economy of the Bahamas is dependent upon tourism and offshore banking. The Bahamas is the richest country in the West Indies and is ranked 14th in North America for nominal GDP. It is a stable, developing nation in the Lucayan Archipelago, with a population of 391,232 (2016). Steady growth in tourism receipts and a boom in construction of new hotels, resorts, and residences had led to solid GDP growth for many years. The slowdown in the Economy of the United States and the September 11 attacks held back growth in these sectors from 2001 to 2003.
The economy of Colombia is the fourth largest in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product and the third-largest economic power in South America. Colombia has experienced a historic economic boom over the last decade. Throughout most of the 20th century, Colombia was Latin America's 4th and 3rd largest economy when measured by nominal GDP, real GDP, GDP (PPP), and real GDP at chained PPPs. Between 2012 and 2014, it became the 3rd largest in Latin America by nominal GDP. As of 2018, the GDP (PPP) per capita has increased to over US$14,000, and real gross domestic product at chained PPPs increased from US$250 billion in 1990 to nearly US$800 billion. Poverty levels were as high as 65% in 1990, but decreased to under 30% by 2014, and 27% by 2018. They decreased by an average of 1.35% per year since 1990.
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced in a specific time period by a country or countries. GDP is more often used by the government of a single country to measure its economic health. Due to its complex and subjective nature, this measure is often revised before being considered a reliable indicator.
The economy of North America comprises more than 596 million people in its 24 sovereign states and 15 dependent territories. It is marked by a sharp division between the predominantly English speaking countries of Canada and the United States, which are among the wealthiest and most developed nations in the world, and countries of Central America and the Caribbean in the former Latin America that are less developed. Mexico and Caribbean nations of the Commonwealth of Nations are between the economic extremes of the development of North America.
The gross national income (GNI), previously known as gross national product (GNP), is the total domestic and foreign output claimed by residents of a country, consisting of gross domestic product (GDP), plus factor incomes earned by foreign residents, minus income earned in the domestic economy by nonresidents.
The economy of Central America is the eleventh-largest economy in Latin America, behind Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. According to the World Bank, the nominal GDP of Central America reached 204 billion US dollar in 2010, as recovery from the crisis of 2009, where gross domestic product (GDP) suffered a decline to 3.8%. The major economic sectors are agriculture and tourism, although the industrial sector has shown strong growth, mainly in Panama.
The trade-to-GDP ratio is an indicator of the relative importance of international trade in the economy of a country. It is calculated by dividing the aggregate value of imports and exports over a period by the gross domestic product for the same period. Although called a ratio, it is usually expressed as a percentage. It is used as a measure of the openness of a country to international trade and so may also be called the trade openness ratio. It may be seen as an indicator of the degree of globalisation of an economy.