This web site, a companion to the annual publication Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Economic and Social Data, provides the public, U.S. government agencies, and international development partners with socio-economic data on countries in Latin America and Caribbean.
Publication
The most recent edition of Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Economic and Social Data was released in November 2008. That publication is available for download in PDF, either as a complete publication or by chapter.
Data
In addition, users may also download time-series data by sector (see left navigation bar for available sectors) directly from the variety of sources that are used to produce the publication. Please note, that because theose sources of data are continually updated, results may not match the printed publication.