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. 2017 Jun 5;22(6):847–852. doi: 10.1007/s12192-017-0815-8

Table 1.

Funds assigned for research and other data in Latin America

Country Populationa Inflationb URc GDP (R + D)d Researcherse
Argentina 41.45 M 28.3 (2014) 7.3 (2014) 0.58 (2017) 1121 (2010)
Brazil 200.4 9–11 (2015) 8.5 (2015) 1.24 (2013) 698 (2010)
Bolivia 11 3–4 (2015) 4 (2015) 0.16 (2009) 166 (2010)
Chile 17.62 4.4 (2015) 6.3 (2015) 0.36 (2012) 320 (2012)
Colombia 48.32 5–6 (2015) 8.9 (2015) 0.23 (2013) 193 (2010)
Costa Rica 4.87 −1 (2015) 9.7 (2014) 0.47 (2011) 1233 (2010)
Cuba 11.27 6 (2013) NA 0.47 (2013) NA
Ecuador 15.74 4 (2015) 5.4 (2015) 0.34 (2011) 141 (2010)
El Salvador 6.34 1 (2015) 7 (2014) 0.03 (2012) NA
Guatemala 15.47 2–3 (2015) NA 0.04 (2012) 25 (2010)
México 122.3 2.7 (2015) 4 (2015) 0.50 (2013) 312 (2010)
Panamá 3.86 0.3 (2015) 5.1 (2015) 0.18 (2011) NA (2010)
Paraguay 6.8 3.1 (2015) 5.8 (2015) 0.09 (2012) NA
Peru 30.9 3–4 (2015) 6.5 (2015) 0.15 (2014) NA
Puerto Rico 3.54 −1 (2015) 14 (2014) 0.44 (2013) NA
Trinidad and Tobago 1.34 1–4 (2015) 3.4 (2015) 0.05 (2012) NA
Uruguay 3.40 8–9 (2015) 7.5 (2015) 0.32 (2013) 549 (2010)
Venezuela 30 140 (2015) 6.8 (2015) 0.2–0.5 (2006) 200 (2010)
Developed countries (added for comparative purposes)
 USA 316 3.29 (2015) 5.5 (2015) 2.73 (2013) 3867 (2010)
 China 1357 1.44 (2015) 3.1 (2016) 2.01 (2013) 903 (2010)
 Japan 127 0,80 (2015) 4.1 (2015) 3.47 (2013) 5153 (2010)

Some countries are not mentioned because we were unable to locate their GDP for R + D

NA not available

aPopulation for the year 2013, expressed in millions (M)

b,cAnnual inflation and UR: unemployment rate from http://www.focus-economics.com/regions/latin-america

dPercentage of the GDP assigned to Research and Development. From http://datos.bancomundial.org/indicador/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS

ePer million people. Data from: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6