Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC), on the basis of official information from the countries.

ª The averages correspond to the arithmetic mean of the values of 22 countries. The countries included are: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay.