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[Oc] El Salvador had the highest homicide rate in Latin America. Since its peak in 2015, the rate has decreased an incredible 92%.
[OC] The share of Latin American women going to college and beyond has grown 14x in the past 50 years. Men’s share is roughly ten years behind women’s.
[OC] Are Latin Americans the hardest workers in the world?Submitted by latinometrics t3_11pe0uc in dataisbeautiful
[OC] In 2022, Mexico traded more with Texas than it did with all of Asia and 6x as much as it did with all of LatAm.
[OC] Research Funding vs Human Development: a country's R&D spending correlates with its societal well-being
[OC] Argentina & Venezuela Produce More Cheese Than SwitzerlandSubmitted by latinometrics t3_11hezyg in dataisbeautiful
[OC] Mexico is the largest producer of avocado. Colombia is the second.Submitted by latinometrics t3_11987zg in dataisbeautiful
[OC] How Corrupt are Latin American Countries?Submitted by latinometrics t3_1183nsm in dataisbeautiful
[OC] Latin America is the 3rd most democratic region in the world, ahead of Asia and Africa. Here’s where its countries stand:
[OC] New Mexico Now Produces More Oil Than Mexico & VenezuelaSubmitted by latinometrics t3_111id9t in dataisbeautiful
[OC] Sugarcane was first introduced to Brazil in 1532. Half a millennium later, the country produces over 700M tonnes yearly (roughly the same amount as all of Asia, and 7x the amount produced by Africa)
[OC] The current US Congress is the most Latino in US historySubmitted by latinometrics t3_11dozcn in dataisbeautiful
[OC] Three Latin American countries are among the 5 most unequal on Earth. More so than so-called Gulf states and even Russia with its oligarchs.
[OC] This is what Latin America's $218B exports to China kind of look likeSubmitted by latinometrics t3_10qxvco in dataisbeautiful
[OC] Puerto Rico, with 3.3M people or 0.4% of LatAm's population, is the birthplace of 6 of the region's top 10 most streamed artists on Spotify. 🇵🇷
[OC] Uruguay slashed its informal economy by half in just 10 years.Submitted by latinometrics t3_10ab66v in dataisbeautiful
[OC] Six out of the top 10 best-performing currencies of 2022 were Latin American. #2 worldwide was Uruguay
[OC] How Expensive is Mobile Data in LatAm?Submitted by latinometrics t3_10ky62b in dataisbeautiful
[OC] Shakira's latest song reached 100M views in under 3 days. The crazy part? Only K-Pop and Asian bands had reached this milestone before. Here are the fastest videos to reach 100M views in YouTube history.
[OC] Mexico welcomes nearly half of all international arrivals into Latin America + the Caribbean each year.
[OC] Mexico now leads the OG European beer countries in exportsSubmitted by latinometrics t3_zrw8bb in dataisbeautiful
[OC] Argentinians are Latin America's top meat-eaters and #3 worldwideSubmitted by latinometrics t3_zr6t9g in dataisbeautiful
[OC] São Paulo cut its homicide rate by 90% and is now about as safe as Boston. Mexico City is currently safer than Dallas and Denver.
[OC] Brazil and Argentina are the top goal-scorers in World Cup history.Submitted by latinometrics t3_z9rt2b in dataisbeautiful
[OC] Over the last decade, Chile has risen to become the world's third-largest producer of cherries, only behind Turkey and the United States. 🍒