USAID 1998

9.3

Real GDP Growth Rate

percentage

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Argentina

2.6

(2.0)

(7.0)

(1.3)

10.5

10.3

6.3

8.5

(4.6)

4.3

8.4

Bolivia

2.5

2.9

3.8

4.6

5.3

1.6

4.3

4.7

4.7

4.1

4.2

Brazil

3.5

(0.1)

3.2

(4.2)

0.3

(0.8)

4.2

6.0

4.2

3.0

3.0

Chile

6.6

7.3

10.6

3.7

8.0

12.3

7.0

5.7

10.6

7.4

7.1

Colombia

5.4

4.1

3.4

4.3

2.0

4.0

5.4

5.8

5.4

2.0

3.2

Costa Rica

4.8

3.4

5.7

3.6

2.3

7.7

6.3

4.5

2.4

-0.6

3.2

Dominican Republic

10.1

2.1

4.4

-5.5

1.0

8.0

3.0

4.4

4.8

7.3

8.2

Ecuador

-6.0

10.5

0.3

3.0

5.0

3.6

2.1

4.3

2.3

2.0

3.4

El Salvador

2.5

1.9

1.0

4.8

3.6

7.5

7.4

6.0

5.0

2.5

4.0

Guatemala

3.5

3.9

4.0

3.1

3.7

4.8

3.9

4.0

4.9

3.0

4.1

Guyana

-0.5

-5.7

-4.9

-3.0

6.1

7.8

8.2

8.5

5.1

7.9

6.2

Haiti

0.6

-1.5

-1.5

3.0

-3.3

-13.2

-2.4

-8.3

4.4

2.7

1.1

Honduras

6.0

4.6

4.3

0.1

3.3

5.6

6.2

-1.3

4.1

3.7

4.5

Jamaica

7.8

2.8

6.8

5.5

0.7

1.5

1.5

1.1

0.5

-1.8

-2.4

Mexico

1.8

1.3

3.3

4.5

3.6

2.8

0.7

4.5

-6.2

5.1

7.0

Nicaragua

-0.7

-12.5

-1.7

0.0

-0.2

0.4

-0.4

3.3

4.2

4.5

5.0

Panama

-1.8

-13.4

1.6

8.1

9.4

8.2

5.5

2.8

1.8

2.4

4.2

Paraguay

4.3

6.4

5.8

3.1

2.5

1.8

4.1

3.1

4.7

1.3

2.6

Peru

8.5

-8.3

-11.6

-5.4

2.8

-1.4

6.4

13.1

7.2

2.6

7.4

Uruguay

7.9

0.0

1.3

0.9

3.2

7.9

3.0

6.3

-1.7

5.3

5.1

Venezuela

4.5

6.2

-7.8

6.9

9.7

6.1

0.3

-2.3

3.7

-0.4

5.1

9.4

Real Per Capita GDP Growth Rate

percentage

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Argentina

1.1

(3.3)

(8.3)

(2.7)

9.0

8.8

4.8

7.1

(5.8)

3.0

7.0

Bolivia

0.3

0.7

1.6

2.4

2.8

-0.8

1.8

2.2

2.2

1.7

1.8

Brazil

1.6

(1.8)

1.4

(5.7)

(1.2)

(2.3)

2.7

4.5

2.8

1.6

1.7

Chile

4.8

5.5

8.7

2.0

6.2

10.4

5.2

4.0

8.9

5.8

5.6

Colombia

3.2

2.0

1.3

2.2

0.0

2.1

3.4

3.9

3.5

0.2

1.5

Costa Rica

1.8

0.6

2.8

0.9

-0.3

5.1

3.8

2.0

0.1

-2.8

1.0

Dominican Republic

7.7

0.0

2.1

-7.4

-1.1

5.8

1.0

2.3

2.9

5.4

6.3

Ecuador

-8.2

7.9

-2.1

0.7

2.6

1.3

-0.2

2.1

0.2

-0.1

1.3

El Salvador

0.7

0.2

-0.6

3.3

2.0

6.0

5.6

4.2

4.3

0.8

2.4

Guatemala

0.6

1.0

1.0

0.2

0.7

1.8

1.0

1.1

2.0

0.1

1.1

Guyana

-0.1

-4.2

-4.8

-2.1

7.5

9.4

4.8

6.9

3.1

6.5

5.5

Haiti

-1.2

-3.3

-3.2

1.2

-5.0

-14.7

-4.2

-9.9

2.3

0.6

-0.9

Honduras

3.0

1.7

1.3

-2.8

0.3

2.6

3.3

-4.0

1.3

0.9

1.6

Jamaica

7.4

2.7

5.5

4.6

-0.1

0.5

0.5

0.0

-0.7

-2.7

-3.4

Mexico

-0.2

-0.7

1.3

2.5

1.7

0.9

-1.1

2.6

-7.8

3.3

5.2

Nicaragua

-3.6

-14.9

-4.5

-2.9

-3.0

-2.4

-3.2

0.4

1.2

1.5

2.1

Panama

-3.8

-15.1

-0.5

5.9

7.4

6.3

3.5

0.9

-0.1

0.8

2.5

Paraguay

1.0

3.0

2.5

0.1

(0.4)

(0.9)

1.4

0.4

2.0

(1.4)

0.0

Peru

6.3

-10.2

-13.4

-7.2

0.9

-3.1

4.6

11.2

5.4

0.8

5.5

Uruguay

7.3

-0.6

0.7

0.3

2.6

7.2

2.4

5.7

-2.3

4.7

4.5

Venezuela

1.8

3.4

-10.2

4.3

7.2

3.6

-2.0

-4.5

1.4

-2.5

3.0