Appendix 4 - GDP per capita

GDP at 1987 prices in 1987 US$ per capita - with projections to 2030
from World Bank and FAO ESS

Country/Region

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2015

2020

Belize

1,276

2,164

2,679

3,109

3,928

4,533

5,237

Costa Rica

1,932

2,527

2,420

2,820

3,346

3,688

4,113

El Salvador

1,643

1,782

1,619

1,927

2,604

3,108

3,750

Guatemala

1,338

1,759

1,443

1,655

1,872

2,020

2,210

Honduras

621

772

716

737

882

988

1,125

Mexico

3,044

4,310

4,132

4,673

6,188

7,236

8,538

Nicaragua

912

694

475

460

502

538

587

Panama

2,083

2,746

2,396

3,242

4,628

5,607

6,858

Central America and Mexico

2,625

3,650

3,444

3,849

4,963

5,731

6,683

Bolivia

937

1,088

915

1,078

1,382

1,581

1,834

Brazil

2,698

4,824

4,612

5,067

6,674

7,726

9,030

Colombia

1,622

2,228

2,548

2,788

3,692

4,304

5,082

Ecuador

882

1,618

1,545

1,535

1,810

1,991

2,217

French Guiana

4,404

14,507

9,950

9,002

6,470

5,924

5,785

Guyana

785

853

576

934

1,188

1,344

1,531

Paraguay

1,102

1,924

1,874

1,754

1,872

1,957

2,076

Peru

2,630

2,849

2,140

2,793

3,877

4,636

5,600

Suriname

225

272

677

842

956

1,014

1,082

Venezuela

4,816

4,462

3,746

3,551

3,865

4,088

4,382

Total: Tropical South America

2,534

3,981

3,756

4,070

5,239

6,012

6,977

Argentina

6,900

7,810

6,152

8,455

11,239

13,094

15,364

Chile

2,591

2,931

3,566

5,635

8,811

11,065

14,006

Uruguay

4,270

5,471

5,122

6,516

8,159

9,172

10,336

Total: Temperate South America

5,568

6,358

5,391

7,568

10,398

12,315

14,710

Total: South America

3,110

4,398

4,028

4,637

6,056

6,999

8,178

Source: 1970 - 1994: STARS database (in blue). Various other estimates (in dark grey italics).