Central America

8Countries
185MPopulation
$2.25TGDP
2.49M km²Area

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8 countries sorted by GDP

#CountryCapitalPopulationGDPArea
1 MexicoMexico City132M$1.83T1.96M km²
2 GuatemalaGuatemala City18.7M$123B108,889 km²
3 Costa RicaSan Jose5.15M$103B51,100 km²
4 PanamaPanama City4.57M$90.5B75,420 km²
5 HondurasTegucigalpa11.0M$39.6B112,090 km²
6 El SalvadorSan Salvador6.37M$36.7B21,041 km²
7 NicaraguaManagua7.01M$22.2B130,373 km²
8 BelizeBelmopan420K$3.33B22,966 km²

Key Insights

Largest Economies & Populations

Mexico leads Central America with a GDP of $1.83T, followed by Guatemala ($123B) and Costa Rica ($103B). The most populous country is Mexico with 132M people, while Mexico covers the largest area at 1.96M km².

GDP
Mexico
$1.83T
Guatemala
$123B
Costa Rica
$103B
Panama
$90.5B
Honduras
$39.6B
Population
Mexico
132M
Guatemala
18.7M
Honduras
11.0M
Nicaragua
7.01M
El Salvador
6.37M

GDP per Capita

Costa Rica has the highest GDP per capita at $19,970, which is 6.3x higher than Nicaragua ($3,173), the lowest in the group.

Costa Rica
$19,970
Panama
$19,790
Mexico
$13,889
Belize
$7,865
Guatemala
$6,598
El Salvador
$5,767
Honduras
$3,598
Nicaragua
$3,173

GDP Growth

The fastest-growing economy is Nicaragua at +4.92%, followed by Costa Rica (+4.56%) and Panama (+4.35%). The slowest growth is Mexico at +0.56%.

Nicaragua
+4.92%
Costa Rica
+4.56%
Panama
+4.35%
Guatemala
+4.28%
El Salvador
+3.91%
Honduras
+3.75%
Belize
+2.75%
Mexico
+0.56%