Latin America - Economic Indicators 1996

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

Real Sector
Population (million)	428.7	435.4	442.0	450.2	456.8
GDP per capita (US$)	4,424	3,800	4,183	3,969	3,464
GDP (US$ billion)	1,897	1,654	1,849	1,787	1,582
GDP (annual variation in %)	2.0	-0.1	3.9	0.1	0.4
Unemployment (%)	7.5	7.6	6.8	9.0	8.1
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)	-4.1	-3.2	-2.4	-2.5	-2.6

Monetary Sector
CPI (%-change)	8.4	8.8	7.1	5.1	11.5
Interest Rate (%)	26.4	15.9	15.4	11.3	14.0
Stock Market (US$-terms, %)	-38.0	55.5	-18.4	-4.3	-24.8
Bonds (EMBI+ Latin)	936.6	592.7	705.8	891.0	1007.0
Exchange rate depreciation	9.9	12.5	5.1	4.0	24.4

External Sector
Current Account (% of GDP)	-4.4	-3.1	-2.3	-2.7	-0.6
Trade Balance (% of GDP)	-1.6	-0.1	0.6	0.2	2.2
Current Account (US$ bn)	-83.4	-50.0	-41.7	-48.6	-9.4
Trade Balance (US$ bn)	-30.4	-1.6	10.3	4.3	34.5
Exports (US$ bn)	255.4	271.9	329.9	316.2	320.3
Imports (US$ bn)	285.9	273.5	319.6	312.0	285.8
Exports (%-change)	-1.7	7.3	21.7	-4.0	1.2
Imports (%-change)	5.4	-4.3	16.9	-2.4	-8.4
Int. Reserves (US$ bn)	156.1	146.1	147.9	152.5	149.7
Int. Reserves (ms imports)	6.6	6.4	5.6	5.9	6.3
External Debt (US$ bn)	695.6	719.1	702.3	705.9	693.9
External Debt (% of GDP)	37.0	43.8	38.3	39.8	44.4

Note: Latin America refers to the sum or the GDP (current US$) weighted average of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

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