Latin America: Economic Competitiveness Rating

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Guyana	3.25
Paraguay	3.30
Suriname	3.40
Nicaragua	3.45
Bolivia	3.55
Ecuador	3.57
Venezuela	3.63
Guatemala	3.86
Argentina	3.87
Peru	3.87
Honduras	3.89
Uruguay	3.97
Brazil	3.99
Colombia	4.04
El Salvador	4.05
Costa Rica	4.11
Panama	4.18
Mexico	4.26
Chile	4.77

Latin America: Economic growth competiveness index

The Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI), aims to quantify the quality of the macroeconomic environment, the state of a country’s public institutions, and its level of technological readiness.

Higher competitiveness scores are more desirable:

• Very High – 5.51 to 7
• High – 4.51 to 5.50
• Moderate – 3.51 to 4.50
• Low - 3.01 to 3.50
• Very Low – 0 to 3.00

Source: World Economic Forum

Statistics in Latin America. The entire Latin American region has weak statistics, and house prices are a particularly weak area. The only house price time-series are in Colombia and Uruguay.