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{{short description|Regional bloc of Latin American and Caribbean states}}
{{Infobox Geopolitical organization
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| image_coat             = CELAC.svg
| symbol_width           = 250px
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| image_map              = Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños.PNG
| map_caption            = Map of North, Central and South America indicating CELAC members: {{legend|#007F00|Member countries}}{{legend|#B22222|Claimed territories<sup>a</sup>}}<!-- {{legend|#FFFF00|Former members}}None at the moment. -->
| membership             = 33 member states
| languages_type         = Official languages
| languages              = {{hlist |Spanish |[[Social:Portuguese language|Portuguese]] |French |English |[[Social:Dutch language|Dutch]]}}
| demonym                = {{unbulleted list |Latin American |Caribbean}}
| leader_title1          = President ''pro tempore''
| leader_name1           = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|SVG}} Ralph Gonsalves}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.searchlight.vc/breaking-news/2023/01/25/st-vincent-grenadines-becomes-first-caricom-nation-lead-celac/|work=SEARCHLIGHT|title=St Vincent and the Grenadines becomes first CARICOM nation to lead CELAC|date=25 January 2023|access-date=25 January 2023|language=en}}</ref>
| official_website       = {{official URL}}
| admin_center_type      = Head office
| admin_center           = [[Place:Caracas|Caracas]], Venezuela<ref>{{cite web | url=https://celacinternational.org/contact/ | title=Contact &#124; Celac International | date=February 3, 2018 }}</ref>
| established            = {{start date|2010|02|23}}
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| population_estimate    = 600,000,000
| population_estimate_year = 2011
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| footnote_a             = Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are claimed by Argentina.
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| conventional_long_name = Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
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The '''Community of Latin American and Caribbean States''' ('''CELAC'''){{efn|{{Unbulleted list|{{lang-es|link=no|Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños}}|{{lang-pt|Comunidade de Estados Latino-Americanos e Caribenhos}}|{{lang-fr|link=no|Communauté des États latino-américains et caribéens}}|{{lang-nl|Gemeenschap van Latijns-Amerikaanse en Caraïbische Staten}}}}}} is a regional bloc of Latin American and Caribbean states proposed on February 23, 2010, at the Rio Group–[[Organization:Caribbean Community|Caribbean Community]] ''Unity Summit'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mexidata.info/id2573.html |title=''Mexidata'' (English) March 1, 2010 |publisher=Mexidata.info |access-date=2012-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426015931/http://www.mexidata.info/id2573.html |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190609074022/http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AML_GEN_CUMBRE_SPLA-?SITE=WFMZ&SECTION=ASIA&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-02-23-11-44-02 Acuerdan crear Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños], ''Associated Press'', February 23, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/America/Latina/crea/OEA/Estados/Unidos/elpepuint/20100223elpepuint_1/Tes América Latina crea una OEA sin Estados Unidos], ''El País'', February 23, 2010.</ref> and created on December 3, 2011, in [[Place:Caracas|Caracas]], Venezuela, with the signature of The Declaration of Caracas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-12/04/c_131286548.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208024408/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-12/04/c_131286548.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2011 |title=L. American leaders officially sign CELAC into effect as new bloc |date=December 4, 2011 |publisher=news.xinhuanet.com |access-date=2013-01-28}}</ref> It consists of 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean having five official languages.<ref>{{cite news|title=IVCC encouraging bilingualism and cultural integration |first=Kerri |last=Gooding |url=http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=local&NewsID=21759 |newspaper=The Barbados Advocate |publisher=Advocate Co. |access-date=December 26, 2011 |quote=However, at present much of the integration occurs at the governmental, political and policy level as opposed to the personal, individual level, hence Tutor Jamal Henry added his voice to the plea by the Ambassador to have more persons embracing the culture and learning Spanish. CELAC comprises 33 nations making up an estimated population of 600 million people with five official languages. United and integrated the countries of CELAC can be powerful, "together [the 33 nations of CELAC] are the number one food exporter on the planet," further commented Ambassador Febres. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512133927/http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/newsitem.asp?more=local&NewsID=21759 |archive-date=May 12, 2012 }}</ref>

CELAC was created to deepen Latin American integration and to reduce the significant influence of the United States on the politics and economics of Latin America. It is seen as an alternative to the [[Organization:Organization of American States|Organization of American States]] (OAS), a regional body that was founded by United States and 21 other Latin American nations as a countermeasure to potential Soviet influence in the region.<ref name="en.mercopress.com">{{cite web|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2010/02/24/mexico-gives-birth-to-the-community-of-latinamerican-and-caribbean-states |title=Mexico gives birth to the Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean States – MercoPress |website=En.mercopress.com |access-date=2016-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/world/americas/01clinton.html?ref=americas|title=uake Overshadows Clinton Tour of Region|newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}}|date=March 2010 |access-date=2016-05-05|last1=Thompson |first1=Ginger |last2=Barrionuevo |first2=Alexei }}</ref> Cuba, which was suspended from the OAS in 1962 and has since refused to rejoin, is a member of CELAC.<ref name="en.mercopress.com"/>

CELAC is the successor of the Rio Group and the ''Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development'' (CALC).<ref>[http://www.ideal.es/agencias/20100223/mas-actualidad/internacional/presidentes-constituyen-comunidad-estados-latinoamericanos_201002231745.html Presidentes constituyen la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326075702/http://www.ideal.es/agencias/20100223/mas-actualidad/internacional/presidentes-constituyen-comunidad-estados-latinoamericanos_201002231745.html |date=March 26, 2012 }}, ''EFE'', February 23, 2010.</ref> In July 2010, CELAC selected President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez and President of Chile Sebastián Piñera, as co-chairs of the forum to draft statutes for the organization.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Brazil decided to suspend its participation in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in January 2020 under the administration of [[Biography:Jair Bolsonaro|Jair Bolsonaro]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Brazil sits out leftist Latin American nations' body on anti-democracy fears |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-diplomacy-celac-idUSKBN1ZF2U9 |work=Reuters |date=16 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Following the 2022 Brazilian general election, newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signalled his intention to rejoin the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States,<ref name=govplan>{{cite web|title=Lula's government plan|url=https://divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br/candidaturas/oficial/2022/BR/BR/544/candidatos/893498/5_1659820284477.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2022|publisher=Superior Electoral Court|language=pt|archive-date=November 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102003420/https://divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br/candidaturas/oficial/2022/BR/BR/544/candidatos/893498/5_1659820284477.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> effectively doing so in the first days of his administration.<ref>{{cite news|title= Retorno do Brasil à CELAC |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/canais_atendimento/imprensa/notas-a-imprensa/retorno-do-brasil-a-celac|language=pt}}</ref>

In June 2023, CELAC recognized the Latin American and Caribbean character of the island of Puerto Rico and “calls on the UN General Assembly to examine the question of Puerto Rico in its entirety and in all its aspects, and rule on this matter as soon as possible”.[http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2023/06/24/onu-reafirma-el-derecho-de-puerto-rico-a-su-libre-determinacion-e-independencia/].

==History==
===2008–2010: Brazil and Mexico initiatives===
The immediate predecessor of the CELAC is the Rio Group. Formed in 1986, it gathered 24 Latin American and Caribbean countries around summits to cooperate regional policy issue independently of the {{wipe|United States}}.{{sfn|Rojas Aravena|Altmann Borbón|Beirute Brealey|2012|pp=25-27}}

On 16–17 December 2008, the I Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development (CALC) took place in Costa do Sauipe, [[Place:Bahia|Bahia]], {{wipe|Brazil}}. It was organized at the initiative of the Lula administration with the goal of building cooperation mechanism with greater autonomy from the United States and Canada. Most heads of state from Latin America and the Caribbean states attended, with the exception of President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe and President of Peru Alan García.{{sfn|Rojas Aravena|Altmann Borbón|Beirute Brealey|2012|p=27}} The summit finished with the signing of the ''Bahia Declaration'', a common agenda establishing the following priorities: cooperation between mechanism of regional and subregional integration, the [[Finance:Financial crisis of 2007–2008|global financial crisis]], energy, infrastructures, social development and eradication of hunger and poverty, [[Earth:Food security|food security]], [[Sustainable development|sustainable development]], natural disasters, [[Philosophy:Human rights|human rights]] promotion, [[Biology:International migration|migration]], [[Finance:South–South cooperation|South–South cooperation]] and Latin America and Caribbean projection.{{sfn|Rojas Aravena|Altmann Borbón|Beirute Brealey|2012|p=28}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Declaración de Salvador, Bahía|url=http://walk.sela.org/attach/258/EDOCS/SRed/2009/01/T023600003287-0-Primera_Cumbre_CALC_-_Declaraci%C3%B3n_de_Salvador,_Bah%C3%ADa,_Brasil_-_17_de_diciembre_de_2008.pdf|date=17 December 2008|language=es}}</ref>

In 2008, the Calderón administration of Mexico proposed the creation of the Latin American and the Caribbean Union (Spanish: ''Unión Latinoamericana y del Caribe'', ULC). The proposal was formalized on 27 March 2009 at Rio Group meeting. At the initiative of Mexico, the XXI Rio Summit and the II CALC summit were held together on 22–23 February 2010 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The joint summit was named the Latin American and Caribbean Unity Summit and the 33 attending states decided to create the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which would be formally established in 2011.{{sfn|Rojas Aravena|Altmann Borbón|Beirute Brealey|2012|pp=29-30}}

Hugo Chávez, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Rafael Correa were among the other prominent left-wing leaders who praised the creation of CELAC.<ref name="estadao">[http://worldmeets.us/estadao000026.shtml In Latin America, Rhetoric Triumphs Over Reality] ''Estadao'', Brazil, via translation by WorldMeets.US (English) February 25, 2010.</ref>

The announcement prompted debate and discussion across Latin America and the Caribbean about whether it was more beneficial to have close ties with the U.S. and Canada or to work independently.<ref name="rueda"/>

Raúl Zibechi, writing for Mexico's center-left ''La Jornada'' newspaper said, "The creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States is part of a global and continental shift, characterized by the decline of U.S. hegemony and the rise of a group of regional blocs that form part of the new global balance."<ref>Raúl Zibechi [http://worldmeets.us/lajornada000116.shtml Latin America's Inexorable March Toward 'Autonomy from the Imperial Center'] ''La Jornada'', Mexico, via translation by WorldMeets.US (English) February 26, 2010</ref>

An editorial in Brazil's ''Estadão'' newspaper said, "CELAC reflects the disorientation of the region's governments in relation to its problematic environment and its lack of foreign policy direction, locked as it is into the illusion that snubbing the United States will do for Latin American integration what 200 years of history failed to do."<ref name=estadao/>

===2011: Founding===
CELAC's inaugural summit was due to be held in mid-2011, but was postponed because of the ill-health of Hugo Chávez, president of the host nation, Venezuela. The summit was instead held on December 2 and 3, 2011 in [[Place:Caracas|Caracas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Latin American summit re-run to test Chavez health|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-chavez-idUSTRE7AT23D20111130|access-date=December 2, 2011|newspaper=Reuters|date=November 30, 2011}}</ref> It primarily focused on the global economic crisis and its effects on the region. Several leaders, including presidents Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Dilma Rousseff and [[Biography:Juan Manuel Santos|Juan Manuel Santos]], encouraged an increase in regional trade, economic development, and further economic cooperation among members in order to defend their growing economies.<ref name="rueda">{{Cite news|author=Rueda, Jorge|author2=James, Ian |author3=Toothaker, Christopher |agency=Associated Press |title=Leaders at Americas talks: world economy top worry|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Leaders-at-Americas-talks-world-economy-top-worry-2340146.php|date=December 3, 2011|newspaper=Seattle pi|publisher=Hearst Communications Inc.}}</ref>

Chavez, and other leaders such as Rafael Correa and Daniel Ortega, expressed hope that the bloc would work to further Latin American integration, end U.S. hegemony and consolidate control over regional affairs.<ref name="rueda"/> Chavez, citing the Monroe Doctrine as the original confirmation of U.S. interference in the region, openly called for CELAC to replace the OAS: "As the years go by, CELAC is going to leave behind the old and worn-out OAS." Correa called for a new human rights commission to replace the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Other leaders argued that the organisation should be used as a tool to resolve regional disagreements and uphold democratic values, but not as a replacement of the OAS.<ref name="rueda"/> Santos stated that he would like to see dialogue within the group over whether existing counter-drug regulations should be revised.<ref name="rueda"/> The president of the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) said he expects that Parlatino will become the main legislative institution of CELAC.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Parlatino Interested in Being CELAC Legislative Organization|url=http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=456139&Itemid=1|date=December 2, 2011|agency=Prensa Latina}}</ref> Amongst the key issues on the agenda were the creation of a "new financial architecture," sanction for maintaining the legal status of [[Chemistry:Coca|coca]] in Bolivia and the rejection of the Cuban embargo by the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201241272337682401.html |title=Obama in Cartagena: No change, dwindling hope – Opinion |publisher=Al Jazeera English |access-date=2012-05-25}}</ref>

United States President Barack Obama's senior adviser on Latin America, Daniel Restrepo, informed reporters from Miami that the U.S. government would "watch and see what direction CELAC takes".<ref>{{cite news|author=Christopher Toothaker |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/02/celac-latin-american-carribean-states_n_1125831.html |title=CELAC, Community of Latin American And Caribbean States, New Organization Aims To Strengthen Regional Integration |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |access-date=2013-10-25 |date=December 2, 2011}}</ref>

===2013 Summit – Chile===
[[File:ESO exhibition area at the CELAC–EU summit in Santiago.jpg|thumb|ESO exhibition area at the CELAC–EU summit in Santiago<ref>{{cite news|title=ESO exhibition area at the CELAC–EU summit in Santiago|url=http://www.eso.org/public/images/ann13006a/|access-date=February 12, 2013|newspaper=ESO Press Release}}</ref>]]
The EU-LAC Foundation chose CELAC to be the main organization representative of the relationship between European and Latin American and Caribbean countries.

===2014 Summit – Cuba===
During the summit, the region was declared a "peace zone". After three days and with the approval of participating representatives, a document with 83 focus points was created. It emphasized that, despite cultural and regional differences, unity between the participating countries is necessary in order to create progress. "Unity and the integration of our region must be gradually constructed, with flexibility, with respect to differences, diversity, and the sovereign right of each of our countries to choose our own forms of political and economic organization" stated the document. It also states which countries have been developing the best and how they are doing it in order for them to be a model for other countries.

The issue of poverty was widely discussed. Cuba's Raul Castro pointing out that throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, people want a fairer distribution of wealth, access to affordable education, employment, better salaries, and the eradication of illiteracy. He argued that CELAC countries can work together, support each other, to create new plans and solutions for these problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/agronoticias/territorios-inteligentes/noticias/detalle/en/c/213240/|title=Conclusiones de la Cumbre de la CELAC 2014 en Cuba : AGRO Noticias|website=Fao.org|access-date=2016-03-08}}</ref>

===2015 Summit – Costa Rica===

===2016 Summit – Ecuador===
[[File:270116MichettienEcuadorFoto13.JPG|thumb|301x301px|Official 2016 CELAC Summit portrait in [[Place:Quito|Quito, Ecuador]]]]

===2017 Summit – Dominican Republic===

===2021 Summit – Mexico===

==Organization==
The CELAC has six organs:<ref name=bernal>{{cite book|first=Raúl|last=Bernal-Meza|title=Modelos o esquemas de integración y cooperación en curso en América Latina (UNASUR, Alianza del Pacífico, ALBA, CELAC): una mirada panorámica|year=2013 |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/79476813.pdf|publisher=Ibero-American Institute|language=es|pages=15–17|isbn=978-3-935656-53-5}}</ref>
* The summit of [[Social:Head of state|Heads of State]] and [[Social:Head of government|Government]].
* The meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
* The meeting of National Coordinators.
* The ''pro tempore'' presidency.
* The Troika.

The ''pro tempore'' presidency is the main representative of the CELAC. The troika is composed by the current ''pro tempore'' presidency, its predecessor, its successor and the presidency of the CARICOM.<ref name=bernal/>

==Summits list==
{| class="sortable wikitable" border="0"
|+ style="text-align:center;"|<big>'''CELAC Summits'''</big>
|- 
! Summit !! Year !! Host country !! Host city
|-
| * || 2010 || {{MEX}} || Playa del Carmen
|-
| * || 2011 || {{VEN}} || [[Place:Caracas|Caracas]]
|-
| I || January 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/business/p/2013/0127/554302.html |title=CELAC-EU summit opens in Chile – Business News |publisher=SINA English |access-date=2013-10-25}}</ref> || {{CHI}} || Santiago
|-
| II || January 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticias.r7.com/internacional/dilma-viaja-a-cuba-para-segunda-cupula-da-celac-e-inaugurar-muriel-26012014 |title=Dilma viaja a Cuba para segunda Cúpula da Celac e inaugurar Muriel – Notícias – R7 Internacional |website=Noticias.r7.com |date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=2016-05-05}}</ref> || {{CUB}} || [[Place:Havana|Havana]]
|-
| III || January 28–29, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nacion.com/nacional/gobierno/Equipos-prepraran-documentos-Cumbre-CELAC_0_1465653535.html|title=Equipos técnicos preparan los primeros documentos para Cumbre de la CELAC|access-date=2015-01-25}}</ref>|| {{CRC}} || Belén, Heredia
|-
| IV || January 27, 2016<ref>[http://www.andes.info.ec/es/noticias/compromiso-hermanos-reune-mandatarios-celac-ecuador.html “Compromiso de hermanos” reúne a mandatarios de Celac en Ecuador] ''ANDES''. January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.</ref>|| {{ECU}} || [[Place:Quito|Quito]]
|-
| V || January 24–25, 2017<ref>{{cite web|title=The Fifth Summit of CELAC concluded with the approval of the Santo Domingo Declaration|url=https://eulacfoundation.org/en/news/fifth-summit-celac-concluded-approval-santo-domingo-declaration|work=EU–LAC Foundation|date=25 January 2017|access-date=10 July 2019}}</ref>|| {{DOM}} || Punta Cana
|-
|*	|| 2018 || {{flagcountry|SLV}} || Did not take place 
|-
|* || 2019 || {{BOL}} || Did not take place	
|-
|* || 2020 || {{MEX}} || Did not take place	
|-
| VI || 2021 || {{MEX}} || [[Place:Mexico City|Mexico City]] 
|-
| VII|| 2023 || {{ARG}} || [[Place:Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]] 
|-
|}

==Member states==
CELAC comprises 33 countries, speaking five different languages:
Eighteen Spanish-speaking countries
{|
|
*{{ARG}}
*{{BOL}}
*{{CHI}}
*{{COL}}
*{{CRI}}
*{{CUB}}
*{{DOM}}
*{{ECU}}
*{{ESA}}
|
*{{GUA}}
*{{HON}}
*{{MEX}}
*{{NIC}}
*{{PAN}}
*{{PAR}}
*{{PER}}
*{{URU}}
*{{VEN}}
|}

Twelve English-speaking countries
{|
|
*{{ATG}}
*{{BAH}}
*{{BAR}}
*{{BLZ}}
*{{DMA}}
*{{GRD}}
|
*{{GUY}}
*{{JAM}}
*{{LCA}}
|}

One [[Social:Dutch language|Dutch]]-speaking country
*{{SUR}}

One French-speaking country
*{{HAI}}

One Portuguese-speaking country
*{{BRA}}

Twelve members are in South America. [[Social:Portuguese language|Portuguese]]-speaking {{wipe|Brazil}} suspended its membership in January 2020, alleging that the organization failed to "protect democracy" in member states. The decision was taken during the presidency of [[Biography:Jair Bolsonaro|Jair Bolsonaro]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-diplomacy-celac/brazil-sits-out-leftist-latin-american-nations-body-on-anti-democracy-fears-idUSKBN1ZF2U9|title=Brazil sits out leftist Latin American nations' body on anti-democracy fears|date=2020-01-16|access-date=2020-01-18|publisher={{wipe|Reuters}}}}</ref> who was himself accused of attacking Brazil's democratic institutions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/human-rights-watch-says-bolsonaro-threat-democracy-brazil-report-2022-01-13/?rpc=401&|title=Human Rights Watch says Bolsonaro a threat to democracy in Brazil – report|access-date=13 January 2022|website=Reuters.com|date=13 January 2022 }}</ref> Following the 2022 Brazilian general election, newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signalled his intention to rejoin.<ref name=govplan/> After taking office Lula reinstated Brazil's membership into the organization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Regional Re-engagement: Understanding Brazil’s Return to CELAC |url=https://www.interregional.com/en/regional-re-engagement/ |website=MIR |date=20 March 2023}}</ref>

==Indicators==
The following table shows various data for CELAC member states, including area, population, economic output and income inequality, as well as various composite indices, including human development, viability of the state, rule of law, perception of corruption, economic freedom, state of peace, freedom of the press and democratic level.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;"
|- style="line-height:1.25em;"
! Country !! Area<ref name="wdi2017">{{cite web|url=http://datacatalog.worldbank.org |title=World Development Indicators |publisher=[[Organization:World Bank|World Bank]] |date=March 23, 2017}}</ref><br />(km<sup>2</sup>)<br />2015 !! Population<ref name="wdi">{{cite web |url=http://databank.worldbank.org/
|title=World Development Indicators |publisher=[[Organization:World Bank|World Bank]] |date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=2012-07-11}}</ref><br />2015 !! GDP (PPP)<ref name="wdi"/><br />([[Finance:Geary–Khamis dollar|Intl. $]])<br />2015 !! GDP (PPP)<br />per capita<ref name="wdi"/><br />([[Finance:Geary–Khamis dollar|Intl. $]])<br />2015 !! [[Finance:Gini coefficient|Income<br />inequality]]<ref name="wdi"/><br />1992-2014<br /><small>(latest available)</small> !! [[Engineering:Human Development Index|HDI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2016_human_development_report.pdf |title=Human Development Report 2016|publisher=[[Organization:United Nations Development Programme|United Nations Development Programme]] |date=2017-03-21}}</ref><br />2015 !! FSI<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fsi.fundforpeace.org/rankings-2016 |title=Fragile States Index 2016 |publisher=The Fund for Peace |date=2016-06-28 |access-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204213240/http://fsi.fundforpeace.org/rankings-2016 |archive-date=February 4, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><br />2016 !! RLI<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldjusticeproject.org/historical-data |title=Rule of Law Index 2016 |publisher=[[Organization:World Justice Project|World Justice Project]] |date=2016-10-20}}</ref><br />2016 !! [[Social:Corruption Perceptions Index|CPI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016 |title=Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 |publisher=Transparency International |date=2017-01-25}}</ref><br />2016 !! [[Finance:Index of Economic Freedom|IEF]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking |title=Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom |publisher=[[Organization:The Heritage Foundation|The Heritage Foundation]] |date=2017-02-15}}</ref><br />2017 !! GPI<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/indexes/global-peace-index |title=Global Peace Index 2016 |publisher=Vision of Humanity |date=2016-06-08}}</ref><br />2016 !! WPFI<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/ranking |title=2016 World Press Freedom Index |publisher=Reporters Without Borders |date=2016-04-20}}</ref><br />2016 !! [[Social:Democracy Index|DI]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eiu.com/democracy2016 |title=Democracy Index 2016 |publisher=[[Company:Economist Intelligence Unit|Economist Intelligence Unit]] |format=PDF |date=2017-01-25}}</ref><br />2016
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || style="background:#FF9865" | 440 || style="background:#FF9865" | 91,818 || style="background:#FF9865" | 2,117,532,266 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 23,062 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.786 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 56.2 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.67 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Argentina}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 2,780,400 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 43,416,755 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 884,155,392,935 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 20,364 || style="background:#FECB98" | 42.67 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 0.827 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 48.4 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.55 || style="background:#FECB98" | 36 || style="background:#FF9865" | 50.4 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 1.957 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 25.09 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.96
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bahamas, The}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 13,880 || style="background:#FF9865" | 388,019 || style="background:#FF9865" | 8,924,827,793 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 23,001 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.792 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 51.6 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.61 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 66 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 61.1 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Barbados}} || style="background:#FF9865" | 430 || style="background:#FF9865" | 284,215 || style="background:#FF9865" | 4,662,763,817 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 16,406 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.795 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 49.0 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 0.67 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 61 || style="background:#FECB98" | 54.5 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Belize}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 22,970 || style="background:#FF9865" | 359,287 || style="background:#FF9865" | 3,048,017,325 || style="background:#FECB98" | 8,484 || style="background:#FF9865" | 53.26 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.706 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 66.0 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.47 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 58.6 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 20.61 || {{N/A}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bolivia}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 1,098,580 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 10,724,705 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 74,577,744,269 || style="background:#FECB98" | 6,954 || style="background:#FF9865" | 48.40 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.674 || style="background:#FECB98" | 78.5 || style="background:#FF9865" | 0.40 || style="background:#FECB98" | 33 || style="background:#FF9865" | 47.7 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 2.038 || style="background:#FECB98" | 31.78 || style="background:#FECB98" | 5.63
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Brazil}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 8,515,770 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 207,847,528 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 3,198,897,964,239 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 15,391 || style="background:#FF9865" | 51.48 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.754 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 65.3 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.55 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 40 || style="background:#FF9865" | 52.9 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.176 || style="background:#FECB98" | 32.62 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.90
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Chile}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 756,096 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 17,948,141 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 419,386,742,725 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 23,367 || style="background:#FF9865" | 50.45 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 0.847 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 41.9 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 0.68 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 66 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 76.5 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 1.635 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 19.23 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 7.78
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Colombia}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 1,141,749 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 48,228,704 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 666,958,038,483 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 13,829 || style="background:#FF9865" | 53.50 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.727 || style="background:#FECB98" | 80.2 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.51 || style="background:#FECB98" | 37 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 69.7 || style="background:#FF9865" | 2.764 || style="background:#FECB98" | 44.11 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.67
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Costa Rica}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 51,100 || style="background:#FECB98" | 4,807,850 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 74,976,669,841 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 15,595 || style="background:#FF9865" | 48.53 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.776 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 45.1 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 0.68 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 58 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 65.0 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 1.699 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 11.10 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 7.88
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Cuba}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 109,880 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 11,389,562 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 132,900,000,000<sup>b</sup> || style="background:#FEFD65" | 11,600<sup>b</sup> || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.775 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 66.3 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 47 || style="background:#FF9865" | 33.9 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.057 || style="background:#FF9865" | 70.23 || style="background:#FF9865" | 3.46
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Dominica}} || style="background:#FF9865" | 750 || style="background:#FF9865" | 72,680 || style="background:#FF9865" | 789,634,652 || style="background:#FECB98" | 10,865 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.726 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.60 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 59 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 63.7 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 48,670 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 10,528,391 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 149,893,354,990 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 14,237 || style="background:#FF9865" | 47.07 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.722 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 70.8 || style="background:#FF9865" | 0.47 || style="background:#FECB98" | 31 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 62.9 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.143 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 27.90 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.67
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Ecuador}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 256,370 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 16,144,363 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 185,242,693,748 || style="background:#FECB98" | 11,474 || style="background:#FECB98" | 45.38 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.739 || style="background:#FECB98" | 75.6 || style="background:#FF9865" | 0.45 || style="background:#FECB98" | 31 || style="background:#FF9865" | 49.3 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 2.020 || style="background:#FECB98" | 33.21 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 5.81
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|El Salvador}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 21,040 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6,126,583 || style="background:#FECB98" | 52,808,578,088 || style="background:#FECB98" | 8,620 || style="background:#FECB98" | 41.84 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.680 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 72.5 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.49 || style="background:#FECB98" | 36 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 64.1 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.237 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 27.20 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.64
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Grenada}} || style="background:#FF9865" | 340 || style="background:#FF9865" | 106,825 || style="background:#FF9865" | 1,448,391,593 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 13,559 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.754 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 63.0 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.66 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 56 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Guatemala}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 108,890 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 16,342,897 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 126,206,881,633 || style="background:#FECB98" | 7,722 || style="background:#FF9865" | 48.66 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.640 || style="background:#FECB98" | 83.2 || style="background:#FF9865" | 0.44 || style="background:#FF9865" | 28 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 63.0 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.270 || style="background:#FECB98" | 38.03 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 5.92
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Guyana}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 214,970 || style="background:#FF9865" | 767,085 || style="background:#FF9865" | 5,769,805,304 || style="background:#FECB98" | 7,522 || style="background:#FECB98" | 44.55 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.638 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 70.9 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.49 || style="background:#FECB98" | 34 || style="background:#FECB98" | 58.5 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.105 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 27.07 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.25
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Haiti}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 27,750 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 10,711,067 || style="background:#FECB98" | 18,824,011,297 || style="background:#FF9865" | 1,757 || style="background:#FF9865" | 60.79 || style="background:#FF9865" | 0.493 || style="background:#FF9865" | 105.1 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FF9865" | 20 || style="background:#FF9865" | 49.6 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.066 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 24.66 || style="background:#FECB98" | 4.02
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Honduras}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 112,490 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 8,075,060 || style="background:#FECB98" | 41,144,078,465 || style="background:#FECB98" | 5,095 || style="background:#FF9865" | 50.64 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.625 || style="background:#FECB98" | 79.8 || style="background:#FF9865" | 0.42 || style="background:#FECB98" | 30 || style="background:#FECB98" | 58.8 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.237 || style="background:#FF9865" | 44.62 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 5.92
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Jamaica}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 10,990 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2,725,941 || style="background:#FECB98" | 24,785,002,528 || style="background:#FECB98" | 8,873 || style="background:#FF9865" | 45.46 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.730 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 65.0 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.57 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 39 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 69.5 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.091 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 12.45 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 7.39
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Mexico}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 1,964,380 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 127,017,224 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 2,157,817,248,941 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 16,988 || style="background:#FF9865" | 48.21 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.762 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 70.4 || style="background:#FF9865" | 0.46 || style="background:#FECB98" | 30 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 63.6 || style="background:#FF9865" | 2.557 || style="background:#FF9865" | 49.33 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.47
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Nicaragua}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 130,370 || style="background:#FECB98" | 6,082,032 || style="background:#FECB98" | 31,628,389,092 || style="background:#FECB98" | 5,200 || style="background:#FF9865" | 47.05 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.645 || style="background:#FECB98" | 79.0 || style="background:#FF9865" | 0.42 || style="background:#FF9865" | 26 || style="background:#FECB98" | 59.2 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 1.975 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 28.82 || style="background:#FECB98" | 4.81
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Panama}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 75,420 || style="background:#FECB98" | 3,929,141 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 87,373,244,561 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 22,237 || style="background:#FF9865" | 50.70 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.788 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 53.2 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.52 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 38 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 66.3 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 1.837 || style="background:#FECB98" | 30.59 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 7.13
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Paraguay}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 406,752 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6,639,123 || style="background:#FECB98" | 61,069,963,183 || style="background:#FECB98" | 9,198 || style="background:#FF9865" | 51.67 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.693 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 72.6 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 30 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 62.4 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 2.037 || style="background:#FECB98" | 33.63 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.27
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Peru}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 1,285,220 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 31,376,670 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 393,125,472,102 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 12,529 || style="background:#FECB98" | 44.14 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.740 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 72.0 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.51 || style="background:#FECB98" | 35 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 68.9 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.057 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 29.99 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.65
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} || style="background:#FF9865" | 260 || style="background:#FF9865" | 55,572 || style="background:#FF9865" | 1,394,199,261 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 25,088 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.765 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.66 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Saint Lucia}} || style="background:#FF9865" | 620 || style="background:#FF9865" | 184,999 || style="background:#FF9865" | 2,024,690,870 || style="background:#FECB98" | 10,944 || style="background:#FECB98" | 42.58 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.735 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.64 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 60 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 65.0 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || style="background:#FF9865" | 390 || style="background:#FF9865" | 109,462 || style="background:#FF9865" | 1,219,366,997 || style="background:#FECB98" | 11,140 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.722 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.61 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 60 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 65.2 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Suriname}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 163,820 || style="background:#FF9865" | 542,975 || style="background:#FF9865" | 9,069,126,393 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 16,703 || style="background:#FF9865" | 57.61 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.725 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 66.7 || style="background:#FECB98" | 0.53 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 45 || style="background:#FF9865" | 48.0 || {{N/A}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 16.70 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 6.77
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || style="background:#FF9865" | 5,130 || style="background:#FECB98" | 1,360,088 || style="background:#FECB98" | 45,302,518,908 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 33,309 || style="background:#FECB98" | 40.27 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.780 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 57.8 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.57 || style="background:#FECB98" | 35 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 61.2 || style="background:#FECB98" | 2.056 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 23.29 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 7.10
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Uruguay}} || style="background:#FEFD65" | 176,220 || style="background:#FECB98" | 3,431,555 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 72,899,109,557 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 21,244 || style="background:#FECB98" | 41.60 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.795 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 36.2 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 0.72 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 71 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 69.7 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 1.726 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 15.88 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 8.17
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| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Venezuela}} || style="background:#CBFECB" | 912,050 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 31,108,083 || style="background:#CBFECB" | 542,198,453,528<sup>c</sup> || style="background:#FEFD65" | 17,665<sup>c</sup> || style="background:#FF9865" | 46.94 || style="background:#FEFD65" | 0.767 || style="background:#FECB98" | 81.6 || style="background:#FF9865" | 0.28 || style="background:#FF9865" | 17 || style="background:#FF9865" | 27.0 || style="background:#FF9865" | 2.651 || style="background:#FF9865" | 44.77 || style="background:#FECB98" | 4.68
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! Country !! Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>)<br />2015 !! Population<br />2015 !! GDP (PPP)<br />([[Finance:Geary–Khamis dollar|Intl. $]])<br />2015 !! GDP (PPP)<br />per capita<br />([[Finance:Geary–Khamis dollar|Intl. $]])<br />2015 !! [[Finance:Gini coefficient|Income<br />inequality]]<br />1992-2014<br /><small>(latest available)</small> !! [[Engineering:Human Development Index|HDI]]<br />2015 !! FSI<br />2016 !! RLI<br />2016 !! [[Social:Corruption Perceptions Index|CPI]]<br />2016 !! [[Finance:Index of Economic Freedom|IEF]]<br />2017 !! GPI<br />2016 !! WPFI<br />2016 !! [[Social:Democracy Index|DI]]<br />2016
|}
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|colspan="13" style="padding-left:0.5em;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"|
{{unbulleted list
 | <sup>a</sup> CELAC total used for indicators 1 through 3; CELAC weighted average used for indicator 4; CELAC unweighted average used for indicators 5 through 13.
 | <sup>b</sup> Data from CIA World Factbook for 2014.
 | <sup>c</sup> Data refer to 2014.
}}
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|style="padding-left:0.5em;text-align:left;font-size:90%;"| Note: The colors indicate the country's global position in the respective indicator. For example, a green cell indicates that the country is ranked in the upper 25% of the list (including all countries with available data).
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
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|style="width:3em;background:#CBFECB;" | || Highest [[Quartile|quartile]]
|style="width:3em;background:#FEFD65;" | || Upper-mid (3rd [[Quartile|quartile]])
|style="width:3em;background:#FECB98;" | || Lower-mid (2nd [[Quartile|quartile]])
|style="width:3em;background:#FF9865;" | || Lowest [[Quartile|quartile]]
|}

==Forums==
The regional body has joint forums that work with external global entities. Including: China,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/China-CELAC-Agreement-Could-Bolster-Infrastructure-Development-In-Latin-America.html |url-access= |title=China-CELAC Agreement Could Bolster Infrastructure Development In Latin America |author=Staff writer |date=February 13, 2022 |agency=OilPrice.com |access-date=16 February 2022 |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjb_663304/zzjg_663340/ldmzs_664952/xwlb_664954/202112/t20211207_10463459.html |url-access= |title=China – CELAC Joint Action Plan For Cooperation In Key Areas (2022–2024) |author=Staff writer |date=December 7, 2021 |department=Latin America & the Caribbean |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China |access-date=February 16, 2022 |quote= }}</ref> and the European Union.

==See also==
*[[Organization:Latin American Integration Association|Latin American Integration Association]] (ALADI)
*Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
*[[Organization:Caribbean Community|Caribbean Community]] (CARICOM)
*EU–LAC Foundation
*Latin American economy
*Lima Group
*[[Finance:Mercosur|Mercosur]]
*Rio Group
*[[Organization:Union of South American Nations|Union of South American Nations]] (UNASUR)
*United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book|first1=Francisco|last1=Rojas Aravena|first2=Josette|last2=Altmann Borbón|first3=Tatiana|last3=Beirute Brealey|chapter=Integración Política: Un nuevo camino hacia la Integración Latinoamericana|title=América Latina: Caminos de la integración regional|editor-first=Josette|editor-last=Altmann Borbón|year=2012|chapter-url=https://www.flacso.org/sites/default/files/Documentos/libros/secretaria-general/america_latina._caminos_de_la_integracion_regional.pdf|publisher=[[Organization:Latin American Social Sciences Institute|Latin American Social Sciences Institute]]|isbn=978-9977-68-240-2|language=es|pages=11–48|access-date=July 10, 2019|archive-date=October 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026161524/https://www.flacso.org/sites/default/files/Documentos/libros/secretaria-general/america_latina._caminos_de_la_integracion_regional.pdf|url-status=dead}}
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==External links==
*[http://celacinternational.org/ CELAC INTERNATIONAL]

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