Update of Latin America and the Caribbean Projections, 2015 - 2016

Gross Domestic Product (constant prices in national currency) Variation Rates

Country 2015 2016

Latin America and the Caribbean -0.3 0.7

Argentina 1.6 1.6

Bolivia 4.4 4.4

Brazil -2.8 -1.0

Chile 2.1 2.5

Colombia 2.9 3.1

Ecuador 0.4 0.8

Paraguay 3.3 3.6

Peru 2.7 3.4

Uruguay 2.4 2.6

Venezuela -6.7 -7.0

South America -1.3 -0.1

Costa Rica 2.6 3.3

Cuba 4.0 4.0

El Salvador 2.2 2.3

Guatemala 3.8 4.0

Haiti 2.0 2.5

Honduras 3.4 3.3

Mexico 2.2 2.5

Nicaragua 4.3 4.5

Panama 5.8 6.0

Dominican Republic 5.6 5.2

Central America and Mexico 2.6 2.9

Central America (without Mexico) 4.1 4.2

Latin America -0.3 0.7

Antigua and Barbuda 2.0 3.4

Bahamas 2.0 2.0

Barbados 1.5 1.5

Belize 2.5 2.5

Dominica 1.9 2.2

Granada 1.3 0.9

Guyana 4.5 4.5

Jamaica 1.1 1.6

St Kitts and Nevis 4.4 5.3

St Vincent and the Grenadines 2.2 2.0

St Lucia -0.2 0.5

Suriname 3.0 3.0

Trinidad and Tobago 1.0 1.0

Caribbean 1.6 1.8 Source: ECLAC