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Central America
General Information
Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Population (000, 2021)
181 722
a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)
74.1
a
Surface area (km2)
2 452 270
b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)
96.1
a
Economic indicators
2010
2015
2021
GDP: Gross domestic product
(million current US$)
1 209 615
1 400 519
1 528 259
b
GDP growth rate
(annual %, const. 2015 prices)
4.9
3.4
0.2
b
GDP per capita
(current US$)
7 675.6
8 289.6
8 605.6
b
Employment in agriculture
c
(% of employed)
17.5
16.7
16
d
Employment in industry
c
(% of employed)
23.3
23.7
24.2
d
Employment in services
c
(% employed)
59.2
59.6
59.8
d
Unemployment
c
(% of labour force)
5.2
4.4
4.1
d
Labour force participation rate
c
(female/male pop. %)
43.4 / 80.2
44.2 / 79.8
44.9 / 79.6
d
Agricultural production index
(2014-2016=100)
88
99
111
b
International trade: exports
(million current US$)
336 529
426 846
456 853
d
International trade: imports
(million current US$)
366 171
464 286
448 271
d
International trade: balance
(million current US$)
- 29 642
- 37 441
8 582
d
Social indicators
2010
2015
2021
Population growth rate
e
(average annual %)
1.5
1.4
1.2
d
Urban population
(% of total population)
72.1
73.7
75
b
Urban population growth rate
e
(average annual %)
2.1
1.9
...
Fertility rate, total
e
(live births per woman)
2.5
2.4
2.2
d
Life expectancy at birth
e
(females/males, years)
77.3 / 71.5
77.6 / 71.6
77.8 / 72.0
d
Population age distribution
(0-14/60+ years old, %)
30.9 / 8.4
28.8 / 9.5
26.5 / 11.0
a
International migrant stock
(000/% of total pop.)
1 751.0 / 1.1
1 860.2 / 1.1
2 302.0 / 1.3
d
Infant mortality rate
e
(per 1 000 live births)
19.5
16.9
14.6
d
Intentional homicide rate
c
(per 100 000 pop.)
27.8
23.1
28.1
f
Seats held by women in national parliaments
(%)
21.6
30.1
37.1
g
Environment and infrastructure indicators
2010
2015
2021
Forested area
(% of land area)
37
36.5
36.1
f
Pop. using safely managed drinking water
(urban/rural, %)
... / 38.9
... / 42.1
... / 45.4
d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation
(urban/rural %)
29.0 / ...
38.7 / ...
48.9 / ...
d
Footnotes
a
Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b
2019
c
Estimate.
d
2020
e
Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
f
2018
g
Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.