Rents in Mexico compared to Latin America

This is a comparison of median monthly rental prices in the most expensive region of the capital/most important city for a 1-bedroom apartment. The numbers are based on our in-house research.

Mexico, Mexico city $ 1,467
Brazil, Rio De Janeiro $ 965
Colombia, Medellin $ 830
Peru, Lima $ 715
Uruguay, Montevideo $ 710
Argentina, Buenos Aires $ 650
Chile, Santiago $ 375

No house price or rent statistics are published in Mexico. The Sistemas Nacionales Estadistico y de Informacion Geografica is a rather weak site, which appears to concentrate on census data. The Banco de Mexico is better and has reasonable time-series.