The document presents 11 charts that summarize key economic trends in Latin America. It shows that while Latin America's growth has lagged behind the OECD average since the global financial crisis, protectionism and financial volatility have decreased in recent years. Commodity prices and productivity measures like education and rule of law vary widely in the region. Trade and economic integration have increased, but trust in institutions remains lower than in Southeast Asia and OECD countries. Adoption of new technologies also differs significantly within Latin America.

1. Latin America in 10 charts
Ángel Melguizo
Head, Latin America and Caribbean Unit, OECD Development Centre
Emerging Markets Network
Paris, May 28 2018

2. 2
Growth
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Latin America and the Caribbean OECD

3. .
Protectionism
-120
-100
-80
-60
-40
-20
0
20
40
60
80
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Net Liberalising Discriminatory

4. 4
Finance
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
Spread
(basis points)
Lehman max 2008
Tapering max 2013
EMBI Global
EMBI LATAM
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
Argentina
Chile
Mexico
Peru
Brazil

5. 5
Commodities
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Oil
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Raw materials
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Metals

6. 6
Productivity
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
Rule of law Quality of
education
Tax revenue Combined
polity score
Gross
capital
formation
Capabilities Tertiary
schooling
Stocks
traded
Domestic
credit

7. 7
Trade

8. 8
Trust
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Latin America and the Caribbean Southeast Asia OECD%

9. 9
Integration
-30
-25
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Net Liberalising Discriminatory

10. Institutions
10
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
Peru
Panama
Mexico
Paraguay
El Salvador
Colombia
Chile
Ecuador
Honduras
Costa Rica
Bahamas
Nicaragua
LAC Average
Trinidad and Tobago
Guyana
Bolivia
Jamaica
Uruguay
Belize
Argentina
Brazil
Barbados
OECD Average
Cuba
%

11. Latin America 4.0
11
Yes No
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%

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Emerging Markets Network
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