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Trade & investment in Latin America & Caribbean: how the countries rank

How open economies are: exports, imports, investment, remittances and tourism. 13 indicators for the 42 economies of Latin America & Caribbean, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Exports26.1%group, 2025 · world 29.5%Imports26.4%group, 2025 · world 28.5%Trade openness49.1%group, 2025 · world 68.5%Current account-1.2%median countryMerchandise exports$1.7tngroup, 2025 · world $26.4tnHigh-tech exports13.1%group, 2024 · world 24.7%Fuel exports8.8%group, 2025 · world 9.5%Food exports23.6%group, 2025 · world 9.0%
Exports
Latin America & CaribbeanWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
0%20%40%60%1995200020052010201520202025Latin America & Caribbean26.1%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
Imports
Latin America & CaribbeanWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
0%20%40%60%1995200020052010201520202025Latin America & Caribbean26.4%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North Africa
countries

All 42 economies, trade & investment

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its trade & investment profile.

41 shown
CountryExportsImportsTrade opennessCurrent accountMerchandise exportsHigh-tech exportsFuel exportsFood exports
US Virgin Islands97.4%#1 · 2022108.3%#1 · 2022205.6%#1 · 2022—————
Aruba86.0%#2 · 202478.2%#3 · 2024164.1%#2 · 20245.2%#3 · 2023$216m#30 · 20256.9%#17 · 20230.1%#23 · 202367.3%#6 · 2023
Cayman Islands59.6%#3 · 202045.8%#9 · 2020105.5%#6 · 2020-8.8%#28 · 2024$25.0m#37 · 202585.5%#1 · 202452.3%#2 · 20243.8%#30 · 2024
Belize55.2%#4 · 202453.7%#8 · 2024109.0%#5 · 2024-2.8%#22 · 2025$444m#26 · 20250.0%#30 · 20240.0%#27 · 202595.3%#1 · 2025
Antigua and Barbuda55.0%#5 · 202263.3%#4 · 2022118.3%#4 · 2022-12.0%#29 · 2025$32.0m#36 · 20250.0%#31 · 20240.0%#31 · 202484.7%#2 · 2024
Puerto Rico46.9%#6 · 202543.6%#10 · 202590.5%#9 · 2025—————
Panama44.4%#7 · 202439.3%#13 · 202483.7%#11 · 2024-0.2%#11 · 2025$11.9bn#13 · 20251.8%#27 · 20240.9%#20 · 202549.6%#12 · 2025
Cuba42.5%#8 · 202482.4%#2 · 2024124.9%#3 · 2024—$1.6bn#23 · 20257.9%#15 · 20225.7%#11 · 202130.7%#20 · 2022
Nicaragua41.6%#9 · 202554.9%#7 · 202596.4%#7 · 20254.2%#6 · 2024$8.9bn#17 · 20250.6%#28 · 20240.7%#21 · 202442.6%#15 · 2024
Mexico39.6%#10 · 202540.3%#12 · 202579.9%#12 · 2025-0.5%#13 · 2025$665bn#1 · 202519.3%#4 · 20243.0%#16 · 20257.5%#29 · 2025
Costa Rica38.8%#11 · 202532.6%#15 · 202571.5%#15 · 2025-0.5%#14 · 2025$26.4bn#8 · 202522.9%#2 · 20240.0%#26 · 202432.3%#19 · 2024
Bahamas37.8%#12 · 202441.5%#11 · 202479.2%#13 · 2024-6.6%#26 · 2024$711m#24 · 20250.0%#32 · 20240.0%#32 · 202452.2%#10 · 2024
Paraguay37.2%#13 · 202539.3%#14 · 202576.5%#14 · 2025-2.5%#21 · 2025$11.1bn#15 · 202510.5%#7 · 202411.0%#9 · 202569.1%#5 · 2025
Honduras35.0%#14 · 202556.5%#5 · 202591.5%#8 · 20252.5%#8 · 2025$12.0bn#12 · 20253.9%#23 · 20240.0%#25 · 202453.5%#9 · 2024
Chile34.6%#15 · 202530.4%#17 · 202565.0%#16 · 2025-1.2%#18 · 2025$107bn#3 · 20258.6%#14 · 20240.9%#19 · 202521.9%#25 · 2025
El Salvador32.0%#16 · 202556.1%#6 · 202588.2%#10 · 2025-3.5%#24 · 2025$6.4bn#20 · 20255.6%#19 · 20244.8%#14 · 202523.7%#24 · 2025
Ecuador31.4%#17 · 202527.9%#18 · 202559.4%#17 · 20255.9%#2 · 2025$37.2bn#7 · 202510.0%#9 · 202420.9%#6 · 202558.7%#8 · 2025
Peru30.0%#18 · 202521.8%#22 · 202551.8%#18 · 20253.6%#7 · 2025$82.7bn#5 · 20255.2%#21 · 20245.7%#12 · 202421.2%#26 · 2024
Uruguay27.1%#19 · 202522.6%#21 · 202549.7%#20 · 2025-0.5%#12 · 2025$11.2bn#14 · 20259.8%#10 · 20241.3%#18 · 202465.3%#7 · 2024
Dominican Republic23.6%#20 · 202527.9%#19 · 202551.5%#19 · 2025-1.4%#19 · 2025$15.6bn#10 · 20257.7%#16 · 20240.6%#22 · 202524.7%#23 · 2025
Bolivia21.4%#21 · 202425.5%#20 · 202447.0%#21 · 2024-0.7%#16 · 2025$9.7bn#16 · 20258.8%#13 · 202411.7%#8 · 202520.5%#27 · 2025
Brazil17.8%#22 · 202517.5%#24 · 202535.3%#24 · 2025-2.9%#23 · 2025$348bn#2 · 202511.1%#6 · 202416.1%#7 · 202540.7%#18 · 2025
Guatemala15.6%#23 · 202531.0%#16 · 202546.5%#22 · 20254.7%#5 · 2025$15.6bn#11 · 20255.4%#20 · 20242.5%#17 · 202546.8%#13 · 2025
Argentina15.6%#24 · 202514.8%#25 · 202530.4%#25 · 2025-1.1%#17 · 2025$87.1bn#4 · 20253.9%#24 · 20249.1%#10 · 202550.1%#11 · 2025
Colombia15.0%#25 · 202520.4%#23 · 202535.4%#23 · 2025-2.4%#20 · 2025$50.1bn#6 · 20259.0%#12 · 202434.9%#3 · 202525.4%#22 · 2025
Venezuela14.9%#26 · 202510.1%#27 · 202525.0%#26 · 20250.6%#10 · 2025$8.6bn#18 · 2025———
Haiti1.6%#27 · 202514.3%#26 · 202515.9%#27 · 2025-0.6%#15 · 2024$554m#25 · 2025———
Barbados————$428m#27 · 202519.9%#3 · 20244.8%#13 · 202543.7%#14 · 2025
Curaçao———-20.0%#32 · 2023$397m#28 · 2025———
Dominica———-38.0%#34 · 2025$24.0m#38 · 20252.9%#25 · 20230.0%#28 · 202341.2%#17 · 2023
Grenada———-23.1%#33 · 2025$35.0m#34 · 20256.4%#18 · 20240.0%#30 · 202469.1%#4 · 2024
Guyana———13.9%#1 · 2023$18.7bn#9 · 202513.3%#5 · 202488.9%#1 · 20251.7%#32 · 2025
Jamaica———1.5%#9 · 2025$1.7bn#22 · 20252.6%#26 · 202323.9%#5 · 202529.5%#21 · 2025
Saint Kitts and Nevis———-13.7%#30 · 2025$34.0m#35 · 2025———
Saint Lucia———-6.3%#25 · 2025$85.0m#32 · 20259.3%#11 · 20203.4%#15 · 202041.6%#16 · 2020
Saint Martin (French part)————$139m#31 · 2021———
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines———-16.1%#31 · 2025$37.0m#33 · 20254.9%#22 · 20230.0%#24 · 202372.5%#3 · 2023
Sint Maarten———-6.9%#27 · 2023$221m#29 · 2025———
Suriname———-55.3%#35 · 2025$2.7bn#21 · 202510.4%#8 · 20240.0%#29 · 20252.4%#31 · 2025
Trinidad and Tobago———5.0%#4 · 2025$6.8bn#19 · 20250.2%#29 · 202432.6%#4 · 20257.9%#28 · 2025
Turks and Caicos Islands————$5.0m#39 · 2025———
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Exports27 countries
  1. 1US Virgin Islands97.4%2022
  2. 2Aruba86.0%2024
  3. 3Cayman Islands59.6%2020
Lowest
  1. 27Haiti1.6%2025
  2. 26Venezuela14.9%2025
  3. 25Colombia15.0%2025
Median country 35.0% · group 26.1%
Imports27 countries
  1. 1US Virgin Islands108.3%2022
  2. 2Cuba82.4%2024
  3. 3Aruba78.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 27Venezuela10.1%2025
  2. 26Haiti14.3%2025
  3. 25Argentina14.8%2025
Median country 39.3% · group 26.4%
Trade openness27 countries
  1. 1US Virgin Islands205.6%2022
  2. 2Aruba164.1%2024
  3. 3Cuba124.9%2024
Lowest
  1. 27Haiti15.9%2025
  2. 26Venezuela25.0%2025
  3. 25Argentina30.4%2025
Median country 76.5% · group 49.1%
Current account35 countries
  1. 1Guyana13.9%2023
  2. 2Ecuador5.9%2025
  3. 3Aruba5.2%2023
Lowest
  1. 35Suriname-55.3%2025
  2. 34Dominica-38.0%2025
  3. 33Grenada-23.1%2025
Median country -1.2%
Merchandise exports39 countries
  1. 1Mexico$665bn2025
  2. 2Brazil$348bn2025
  3. 3Chile$107bn2025
Lowest
  1. 39Turks and Caicos Islands$5.0m2025
  2. 38Dominica$24.0m2025
  3. 37Cayman Islands$25.0m2025
Median country $6.4bn · group $1.7tn
High-tech exports32 countries
  1. 1Cayman Islands85.5%2024
  2. 2Costa Rica22.9%2024
  3. 3Barbados19.9%2024
Lowest
  1. 32Bahamas0.0%2024
  2. 31Antigua and Barbuda0.0%2024
  3. 30Belize0.0%2024
Median country 7.3% · group 13.1%
Fuel exports32 countries
  1. 1Guyana88.9%2025
  2. 2Cayman Islands52.3%2024
  3. 3Colombia34.9%2025
Lowest
  1. 32Bahamas0.0%2024
  2. 31Antigua and Barbuda0.0%2024
  3. 30Grenada0.0%2024
Median country 2.7% · group 8.8%
Food exports32 countries
  1. 1Belize95.3%2025
  2. 2Antigua and Barbuda84.7%2024
  3. 3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines72.5%2023
Lowest
  1. 32Guyana1.7%2025
  2. 31Suriname2.4%2025
  3. 30Cayman Islands3.8%2024
Median country 41.4% · group 23.6%
Average tariff35 countries
  1. 1Cayman Islands20.4%2021
  2. 2Belize18.1%2022
  3. 3Bahamas16.3%2022
Lowest
  1. 35Chile0.5%2022
  2. 34Peru0.7%2022
  3. 33Costa Rica1.3%2022
Median country 7.3%
FDI inflows38 countries
  1. 1Suriname45.4%2025
  2. 2Cayman Islands40.9%2024
  3. 3Guyana33.1%2025
Lowest
  1. 38Trinidad and Tobago-3.1%2025
  2. 37Venezuela-0.5%2025
  3. 36Cuba0.0%2020
Median country 2.5% · group 2.8%
Remittances35 countries
  1. 1Honduras30.1%2025
  2. 2El Salvador27.5%2025
  3. 3Nicaragua26.6%2024
Lowest
  1. 35Chile0.0%2025
  2. 34Argentina0.1%2025
  3. 33Cayman Islands0.1%2024
Median country 3.2% · group 2.4%
Tourist arrivals41 countries
  1. 1Mexico51.1m2020
  2. 2US Virgin Islands8.6m2020
  3. 3Argentina7.4m2019
Lowest
  1. 41British Virgin Islands83,0002020
  2. 40Guyana86,4002020
  3. 39Dominica140,0002020
Median country 938,000 · group 202m
Tourism receipts36 countries
  1. 1Mexico$11.4bn2020
  2. 2Dominican Republic$7.6bn2018
  3. 3Brazil$3.1bn2020
Lowest
  1. 36Suriname$19.0m2020
  2. 35Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$85.0m2020
  3. 34Paraguay$104m2020
Median country $730m · group $105bn
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