Gross domestic product in South America

12 countries in South America, 2025. Unit: current US$. World ranking →

First in the ranking
2.3 tn US$
Brazil
Median country
115 bn US$
half above, half below
World total
118.4 tn US$
World Bank aggregate
Range
4.5 bn to 2.3 tn
Suriname - Brazil

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Brazil (2,279,920,092,492 US$) and the lowest in Suriname (4,523,657,797 US$).

The median country is at 114,990,902,278 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. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator…

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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.MKTP.CD) · licence

GDP over time

US$

Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Brazil2.3 tn
2Argentina683.1 bn
3Colombia457.4 bn
4Chile357.4 bn
5Peru334.9 bn
6Ecuador130.3 bn
7Venezuela99.7 bn
8Uruguay85.3 bn
9Bolivia64.8 bn
10Paraguay49.3 bn
11Guyana27.1 bn
12Suriname4.5 bn
World Bank, WDI · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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