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Main article: List of Latin American and Caribbean countries by GDP (PPP)

The Panama Canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.

According to Goldman Sachs' BRIC review of emerging economies, by 2050 the largest economies in the world will be as follows: China, United States, India, Brazil, and Mexico.^[94] On a per capita basis most Latin American countries, including the largest ones (Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Colombia), have per capita GDPs greater than that of China in 2009. As of 2010 Latin America included five nations classified as high-income countries: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico and Panama.^[^{citation needed}^]

The following table lists all the countries in Latin America indicating a valuation of the country's GDP (Gross domestic product) based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP), GDP per capita also adjusted to the (PPP), a measurement of inequality through the Gini index (the higher the index the more unequal the income distribution is), the Human Development Index (HDI), the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), and the Quality-of-life index. GDP and PPP GDP statistics come from the International Monetary Fund with data as of 2006. Gini index, the Human Poverty Index HDI-1, the Human Development Index, and the number of internet users per capita come from the UN Development Program. The number of motor vehicles per capita come from the UNData base on-line. The EPI index comes from the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Quality-of-life index from The Economist Intelligence Unit. Green cells indicate the 1st rank in each category, while yellow indicate the last rank.

Summary of socio-economic performance indicators for Latin American countries
Country	GDP(PPP)^[95] (2012 estimates) Billionsof USD	GDP per capita (PPP)^[96] (2012 estimates) USD	Income equality^[97] (2000–2010) Gini index	Poverty Index^[98] (2009) HPI-1 %	Human Develop.^[99] (2011) HDI	Envirnm. Perform.^[100] (2010) EPI	Real GDP growth^[101] (2010) %	Emissions per capita^[102] (2008) ton CO2
Argentina	732.223	18,411	48.8	3.7	0.797 (VH)	61.0	7.5	4.4
Bolivia	51.796	5,084	57.2	11.6	0.663 (M)	44.3	4.0	1.3
Brazil	2,310.998	11,767	55.0	8.7	0.718 (H)	63.4	7.5	1.9
Chile	311.546	17,482	49.1	3.2	0.805 (VH)	73.3	5.0	4.4
Colombia	519.866	10,445	58.5	7.6	0.710 (H)	76.8	4.7	1.4
Costa Rica	56.130	12,332	48.9	4.6	0.744 (H)	86.4	3.8	1.5
Cuba	111.1^[103]	9,700^[103]	N/A	4.7	0.776 (H)	78.1	1.4^[103]	2.7
Dominican Republic	95.391	9,648	48.4	9.1	0.689 (M)	68.4	5.5	2.0
Ecuador	133.825	8,952	54.4	7.9	0.720 (H)	69.3	2.9	1.9
El Salvador	48.640	8,442	46.9	14.6	0.674 (M)	69.1	1.0	1.0
Guatemala	72.958	5,071	53.7	19.7	0.574 (M)	54.0	2.4	0.8
Haiti	11.056	1,122	59.5	31.5	0.454 (L)	39.5	-8.5	0.2
Honduras	38.537	4,405	55.3	13.7	0.625 (M)	49.9	2.4	1.1
Mexico	1,849.671	15,766	51.6	5.9	0.770 (H)	67.3	5.0	3.8
Nicaragua	17.269	3,370	52.3	17.0	0.589 (M)	57.1	3.0	0.7
Panama	43.725	14,398	54.9	6.7	0.768 (H)	71.4	6.2	1.9
Paraguay	31.469	5,915	53.2	10.5	0.665 (M)	63.5	9.0	0.6
Peru	324.276	10,781	50.5	10.2	0.725 (H)	69.3	8.3	1.2
Uruguay	54.140	16,242	47.1	3.0	0.783 (H)	59.1	8.5	2.3
Venezuela	346.973	12,589	43.4	6.6	0.735 (H)	62.9	-1.3	5.2
Total	6,270.231	12,519		10.1		76.2		2.3