What are the richest countries in South America?

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The Richest Countries In South America

Venezuela. Located on the northern coast of South America, Venezuela is the fourth richest nation in South America both in terms of GDP per capita at $15,102 and GDP (PPP) at $468.6 billion USD.

Suriname.

Colombia.

Brazil.

Argentina.

Uruguay.

Chile.

If you are speaking of Central and South America it is Nicaragua. If you are speaking of all of Latin America then Haiti is the poorest. Nicaragua would then be the second. Interestingly, Nicaragua is one of the poorest and least violent/safest countries in Latin America since the Contra War ended in 1988.

Nicaragua

Safest Countries to Retire to in Latin America

Chile. Global Peace Index Rank: 29/162. This coastal country is the most peaceful in Latin American, according to Index rankings.

Costa Rica. Global Peace Index Rank: 34/162.

Uruguay. Global Peace Index Rank: 44/162.

Argentina. Global Peace Index Rank: 60/162.

Panama. Global Peace Index Rank: 64/162.

The Poorest Countries In South America

Bolivia. Bolivia is the poorest country in South America in terms of GDP per capita.

Guyana. The economy of Guyana is the second weakest in the continent.

Paraguay. Paraguay is the third poorest country in South America.

Ecuador.

Peru.

Here, we present some of the poorest countries in Europe and the status of their economies.

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Ukraine –

Moldova – Moldova is an Eastern European landlocked nation that is bordered by Ukraine and Romania.

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The Bahamas.

U.S. Virgin Islands.

Anguilla.

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Cayman Islands.

Aruba.

Turks & Caicos.

British Virgin Islands.

Hispanola is between Cuba and Puerto Rico, and the eastern two-thirds of the island is the Dominican Republic. The capital of Haiti is Port-au-Prince. Haiti is one of poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Eighty percent of residents live in poverty, according to the CIA World Factbook.

Rich & Poor. While its per capita GDP of 23,000 USD (PPP) places Chile among the top countries in Latin America, almost nowhere on the Continent is the gap between rich and poor as wide as here.

The Richest Countries in Europe

Iceland – $49,136.

Sweden – $49,836.

Netherlands – $51,049.

San Marino – $59,058.

Switzerland – $59,561.

Ireland – $69,231.

Norway – $69,249.

Luxembourg – $104,003. Luxembourg has the highest per capita GDP of all countries on the continent, which makes it the richest country in Europe.

Brazil has an estimated US$21.8 trillion worth of natural resources which includes vast amounts of gold, uranium, iron, and timber. As of late 2010, Brazil’s economy is the largest of Latin America and the second largest in the Americas.

Nicaragua country profile. Nicaragua is striving to overcome the after-effects of dictatorship, civil war and natural calamities, which have left it one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Portuguese is the majority language of South America, by a small margin. Spanish, with slightly fewer speakers than Portuguese, is the second most spoken language on the continent. Other official and majority languages in specific countries are: Dutch in Suriname.

Argentina is first on the United Nations Human Development Index, measuring access to healthcare, education and GDP per capita, among other indicators, making it the most developed Latin American country. Chile is a close second, with Uruguay coming third.

Between 1860 and 1930, exploitation of the rich land of the pampas strongly pushed economic growth. During the first three decades of the 20th century, Argentina outgrew Canada and Australia in population, total income, and per capita income. By 1913, Argentina was the world’s 10th wealthiest nation per capita.

Haiti

Uruguay’s economy is strongly dependent on agricultural products and their exportation. Surprisingly, Uruguay is one of the most economically developed countries in Latin America.

It was only from the 1990s when countries in South America switched over to the system of Free-Market economy. This eventually pulled countries in South America out of the debt crisis. Now, major economic activities include agriculture, industry, forestry, and mining.

São Paulo, Brazil, is an industrial powerhouse and the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere, with a population of more than 11 million. Today, São Paulo produces about half of Brazil’s industrial goods and is the center of South American manufacturing.

Originally posted 2022-03-31 02:09:17.