Basic statistics on the economic, sociodemographic and environmental situation of the region during a specific time period. Yearbooks go back to 1991. Scroll down to access older editions.

Links to Bancos Centrales and government offices.

Collection of statistics and publications organized by country and topic.

The new Database on Social Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean has been developed jointly by the Social Development Division of ECLAC and the countries of the region. Social investment is defined as the volume of resources spent on policies associated with the following six functions: 1) environmental protection, 2) housing and community amenities, 3) health, 4) recreation, culture and religion, 5) education and 6) social protection.

A number of information systems related to economic and social development in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Published since 1948, this report examines various aspects of the previous year’s macroeconomic situation in the region and makes projections for the coming months. The study also includes country notes that review the performance of the main economic indicators in the period analysed. Scroll down for older editions.

Database presents a global outlook with daily insights spanning politics, economics and market-moving topics including macroeconomic data on forecasts, as well as historic trends, including: country forecasts, political and economic landscapes, major economies and industry and commodity analysis for major industries, including supply, demand and prices of critical goods. Data is downloadable.

he Human Development Index (HDI), the Includes the Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI), the Gender Development Index (GDI), the Gender Inequality Index (GII), and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

World and regional statistics, national data, maps and rankings.

Labor statistics for 13 Latin American countries based on microdata from monthly or quarterly labor force surveys. Contains employment, wages and hours or work, labor benefits and surveys.

Comparative tax and revenue statistics

Economic outlook, comparative tax and revenue statistics and country analyses.

LAEDA seeks to collect, preserve, and provide access to data sets relevant to Latin American research, policy analysis, and teaching. The focus of the collection is on electoral data, household surveys, and data relevant to education in Latin America.

The data base contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the twentieth century and beyond. Its purpose is to provide economic and social historians worldwide with a systematic collection of available statistical information in a single on-line source.

English interface available.

Centralized and systematized information about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches of government, elections, political constitutional studies and other subjects related to the strengthening of democracy in the region.

An online statistics portal that provides access to data from over 18,000 sources.

SEDLAC allows users to monitor the trends in poverty and other distributional and social indicators in the region. The dataset is available in the form of brief reports, charts and electronic Excel tables with information for each country/year. In addition, the website offers dynamic searches online.

Older statistical information for Latin America in hardcopy. 1995-2002.

Links to Central Bank websites. Also includes speeches and documents on finance.