Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Guyana (32,414 US$) and the lowest in Venezuela (3,495 US$).
The median country is at 9,123 US$: half are above, half below.
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current…
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks;
National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and… · via World Bank WDI (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD) ·
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