Ranking of Latin American cities
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| 2005 | 2004 | City | Country | Population (MM) | GDP | GDP per capita | GDP adjusted (USD) | Cost of living (100=New York City | Telecommunications | Quality of life (100=NYC) | Brand power | Security Index |
| 1 | 1 | Santiago | Chile | 6,1 | 45.144 | 7.448 | 9.71 | 62,9 | High | 85 | Excellent | Very good |
| – | – | Miami | United States | 2,4 | 67.941 | 28.753 | 27.315 | 82,0 | Medium | 95 | Excellent | Good |
| 2 | 2 | São Paulo | Brazil | 8,6 | 92.128 | 4.946 | 5.381 | 60,3 | Medium | 76 | Good | Very Bad |
| 3 | 3 | Monterrey | Mexico | 3,5 | 41.242 | 11.654 | 13.93 | 68,6 | Medium | 86 | Good | Very good |
| 4 | 4 | Curitiba | Brazil | 2,9 | 15.969 | 5.447 | 7.156 | 59,3 | Medium | - | Regular | Regular to bad |
| 5 | 5 | Mexico City | Mexico | 9,1 | 203.257 | 10.656 | 9.537 | 73,3 | Medium | 75,5 | Good | Regular to Bad |
| 6 | 6 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 3,9 | 30.503 | 7.826 | 8.755 | 75,3 | Medium | 83 | Good | Good |
| 7 | 8 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 3,6 | 18.393 | 5.069 | 5.958 | 59,3 | - | - | - | Regular |
| 8 | 9 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 4,6 | 19.115 | 4.122 | 5.7 | 59,3 | - | - | - | Regular |
| 9 | 10 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 11,6 | 80.583 | 6.718 | 9.239 | 47,7 | Medium | 86 | Good | Regular to bad |
| 10 | 7 | Brasilia | Brazil | 2,2 | 15.178 | 6.931 | 9.105 | 59,3 | - | 77,5 | - | Regular |
| 11 | 11 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 1,4 | 6.683 | 4.833 | 8.396 | 47,2 | Low | 87 | Regular | Regular to good |
| 12 | 13 | Bogotá | Colombia | 6,9 | 22.204 | 2.234 | 3.581 | 48,6 | Low | 63 | Regular | Regular to bad |
| 13 | 12 | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | 11,1 | 52.555 | 4.755 | 4.603 | 59,3 | Medium | 73,5 | Regular | Very bad |
| 14 | 14 | Panama City | Panama | 1,3 | 6.36 | 4.969 | 5.433 | 67,5 | Low | 82 | Regular | Regular |
| 15 | 15 | San José | Costa Rica | 1,5 | 6.462 | 4.39 | 5.7 | 60 | Low | 77 | Regular | Good |
| – | – | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 2,0 | 43.363 | 21.529 | 22.662 | 77,9 | - | 72 | Weak | Good |
| 16 | 20 | Rosario | Argentina | 1,3 | 6.531 | 4.764 | 7.371 | 47,7 | - | - | - | Regular |
| 17 | 17 | Puebla | Mexico | 2,0 | 12.834 | 6.43 | 7.193 | 73,3 | - | - | - | Good |
| 18 | 18 | Córdoba | Argentina | 1,4 | 5.927 | 4.027 | 6.923 | 47,7 | - | - | - | Regular |
| 19 | 21 | Cancún | Mexico | 0,5 | 4.772 | 10.122 | 11.323 | 73,3 | - | - | Good | Regular to good |
| 20 | 22 | Florianópolis | Brazil | 0,8 | 2.985 | 3.905 | 5.4 | 59,3 | - | - | - | Regular to good |
| 21 | 16 | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 1,3 | 12.05 | 9.11 | 7.134 | 73,3 | - | - | - | Very bad |
| 22 | 19 | Tijuana | Mexico | 1,4 | 12.276 | 8.599 | 7.215 | 73,3 | - | - | - | Bad to Very bad |
| 23 | 24 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2,8 | 6.529 | 2.329 | 3.432 | 47,3 | - | 70,5 | Weak | Regular |
| 24 | 25 | León | Mexico | 1,2 | 5.943 | 4.897 | 5.478 | 73,3 | - | - | - | Good to Regular |
| 25 | 23 | Lima | Peru | 7,9 | 23.947 | 3.027 | 3.317 | 63,6 | Medium | 71,5 | Weak | Bad |
| 26 | 27 | Salvador | Brazil | 3,2 | 12.245 | 3.847 | 4.256 | 59,3 | - | 55 | - | Bad to bad |
| 27 | 26 | San Salvador | El Salvador | 2,2 | 6.903 | 3.083 | 4.654 | 53 | Low | - | Weak | Bad |
| 28 | 28 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 2,1 | 5.132 | 2.414 | 3.374 | 52,8 | - | 72 | Weak | Regular |
| 29 | 31 | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 1,3 | 1.535 | 1.218 | 2.697 | 42,9 | - | 62,5 | Weak | Regular |
| 30 | 29 | Quito | Ecuador | 1,5 | 4.179 | 2.871 | 4.013 | 52,8 | - | 74 | Weak | Regular |
| 31 | 32 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 3,2 | 7.438 | 2.351 | 2.926 | 59,3 | - | - | - | Regular |
| 32 | 30 | Recife | Brazil | 3,4 | 10.746 | 3.117 | 3.233 | 59,3 | - | - | - | Very bad |
| 33 | 34 | Medellín | Colombia | 2,0 | 5.499 | 2.811 | 3.794 | 48,6 | - | 62,5 | Weak | Bad |
| 34 | 33 | Caracas | Venezuela | 3,6 | 17.177 | 4.719 | 5.016 | 54 | Medium | 63,5 | Weak | Very bad |
| 35 | 35 | Cali | Colombia | 2,3 | 5.064 | 2.214 | 2.802 | 48,6 | - | - | - | Very bad |
| 36 | 36 | Asunción | Paraguay | 1,7 | 2.064 | 1.243 | 1.79 | 42,7 | - | 75 | Weak | Regular to bad |
| 37 | 37 | Guatemala | Guatemala | 2,8 | 6.693 | 2.38 | 2.042 | 66,9 | - | 63,5 | Weak | Very to bad |
| 38 | 38 | La Paz | Bolivia | 1,5 | 1.378 | 928 | 1.731 | 42,9 | - | 65,5 | Weak | Regular |
Security index
| Ranking | City | Country | Security Index |
| 1 | Monterrey | Mexico | Very good |
| 1 | Santiago | Chile | Very good |
| – | Miami | United States | Good |
| 3 | San José | Costa Rica | Good |
| – | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Good |
| 7 | Guadalajara | Mexico | Regular to good |
| 4 | Cancún | Mexico | Regular to good |
| 4 | Florianópolis | Brazil | Regular to good |
| 4 | Montevideo | Uruguay | Regular to good |
| 4 | Puebla | Mexico | Regular to good |
| 4 | León | Mexico | Regular to good |
| 7 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Regular |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | Regular |
| 7 | Fortaleza | Brazil | Regular |
| 7 | Rosario | Argentina | Regular |
| 7 | Córdoba | Argentina | Regular |
| 7 | Brasilia | Brazil | Regular |
| 7 | Panama City | Panama | Regular |
| 7 | Quito | Ecuador | Regular |
| 7 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | Regular |
| 7 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | Regular |
| 7 | La Paz | Bolivia | Regular |
| 7 | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | Regular |
| 26 | Mexico City | Mexico | Regular to bad |
| 22 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Regular to bad |
| 22 | Curitiba | Brazil | Regular to bad |
| 22 | Bogotá | Colombia | Regular to bad |
| 22 | Asunción | Paraguay | Regular to bad |
| 26 | São Paulo | Brazil | Bad |
| 26 | Lima | Peru | Bad |
| 26 | San Salvador | El Salvador | Bad |
| 26 | Medellín | Colombia | Bad |
| 26 | Salvador | Brazil | Bad |
| 32 | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | Very bad |
| 32 | Tijuana | Mexico | Very bad |
| 32 | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | Very bad |
| 32 | Recife | Brazil | Very bad |
| 32 | Cali | Colombia | Very bad |
| 32 | Guatemala, Guatemala | Guatemala | Very bad |
| 32 | Caracas | Venezuela | Very bad |
Quality of life
| Ranking | City | Country | Quality of life (100=NYC) |
| – | Miami | United States | 95 |
| – | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 92 |
| 1 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 87 |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 86 |
| 3 | Santiago | Chile | 85 |
| 4 | Monterrey | Mexico | 84 |
| 5 | Panama City | Panama | 82 |
| 6 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 78.5 |
| 7 | Brasilia | Brazil | 77.5 |
| 8 | San José | Costa Rica | 77 |
| 9 | São Paulo | Brazil | 76 |
| 10 | Mexico City | Mexico | 75.5 |
| 11 | Asunción | Paraguay | 75 |
| 12 | Quito | Ecuador | 74 |
| 13 | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | 73.5 |
| 14 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 72 |
| 15 | Lima | Peru | 71.5 |
| 16 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 70.5 |
| 17 | La Paz | Bolivia | 65.5 |
| 18 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | 63.5 |
| 19 | Caracas | Venezuela | 63.5 |
| 20 | Bogotá | Colombia | 63 |
| 21 | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 62.5 |
| 22 | Medellín | Colombia | 62.5 |
| 23 | Salvador | Brazil | 55 |
| – | Tijuana | Mexico | – |
| – | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | – |
| – | Recife | Brazil | – |
| – | Cali | Colombia | – |
| – | Cancún | Mexico | – |
| – | Florianópolis | Brazil | – |
| – | Puebla | Mexico | – |
| – | León | Mexico | – |
| – | Porto Alegre | Brazil | – |
| – | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | – |
| – | Fortaleza | Brazil | – |
| – | Rosario | Argentina | – |
| – | Córdoba | Argentina | – |
| – | Curitiba | Brazil | – |
| – | San Salvador | El Salvador | – |
Cost of living
| Ranking | City | Country | Cost of living (100=NYC) |
| – | Miami | United States | 82 |
| – | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 77.9 |
| 1 | Tijuana | Mexico | 73.3 |
| 1 | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 73.3 |
| 1 | Cancún | Mexico | 73.3 |
| 1 | Puebla | Mexico | 73.3 |
| 1 | León | Mexico | 73.3 |
| 1 | Mexico City | Mexico | 73.3 |
| 1 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 73.3 |
| 8 | Monterrey | Mexico | 68.6 |
| 9 | Panama City | Panama | 67.5 |
| 10 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | 66.9 |
| 11 | Lima | Peru | 63.6 |
| 12 | Santiago | Chile | 62.9 |
| 13 | São Paulo | Brazil | 60.3 |
| 14 | San José | Costa Rica | 60 |
| 15 | Recife | Brazil | 59.3 |
| 15 | Florianópolis | Brazil | 59.3 |
| 15 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 59.3 |
| 15 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 59.3 |
| 15 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 59.3 |
| 15 | Brasilia | Brazil | 59.3 |
| 15 | Salvador | Brazil | 59.3 |
| 15 | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | 59.3 |
| 15 | Curitiba | Brazil | 59.3 |
| 24 | Caracas | Venezuela | 54 |
| 25 | San Salvador | El Salvador | 53 |
| 26 | Quito | Ecuador | 52.8 |
| 26 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 52.8 |
| 28 | Cali | Colombia | 48.6 |
| 28 | Bogotá | Colombia | 48.6 |
| 28 | Medellín | Colombia | 48.6 |
| 31 | Rosario | Argentina | 47.7 |
| 31 | Córdoba | Argentina | 47.7 |
| 31 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 47.7 |
| 34 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 47.3 |
| 35 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 47.2 |
| 36 | La Paz | Bolivia | 42.9 |
| 37 | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 42.9 |
| 38 | Asunción | Paraguay | 42.7 |
GDP adjusted to cost of living
| Ranking | City | Country | Adjusted GDP (in thousands of USD) |
| – | Miami | United States | 27.315 |
| – | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 22.662 |
| 1 | Monterrey | Mexico | 13.93 |
| 2 | Cancún | Mexico | 11.323 |
| 3 | Santiago | Chile | 9.71 |
| 4 | Mexico City | Mexico | 9.537 |
| 5 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 9.239 |
| 6 | Brasilia | Brazil | 9.105 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 8.755 |
| 8 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 8.396 |
| 9 | Rosario | Argentina | 7.371 |
| 10 | Tijuana | Mexico | 7.215 |
| 11 | Puebla | Mexico | 7.193 |
| 12 | Curitiba | Brazil | 7.156 |
| 13 | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 7.134 |
| 14 | Córdoba | Argentina | 6.923 |
| 15 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 5.958 |
| 16 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 5.7 |
| 16 | San José | Costa Rica | 5.7 |
| 18 | León | Mexico | 5.478 |
| 19 | Panama City | Panama | 5.433 |
| 20 | Florianópolis | Brazil | 5.4 |
| 21 | São Paulo | Brazil | 5.381 |
| 22 | Caracas | Venezuela | 5.016 |
| 23 | San Salvador | El Salvador | 4.654 |
| 24 | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | 4.603 |
| 25 | Salvador | Brazil | 4.256 |
| 26 | Quito | Ecuador | 4.013 |
| 27 | Medellín | Colombia | 3.794 |
| 28 | Bogotá | Colombia | 3.581 |
| 29 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 3.432 |
| 30 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 3.374 |
| 31 | Lima | Peru | 3.317 |
| 32 | Recife | Brazil | 3.233 |
| 33 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 2.926 |
| 34 | Cali | Colombia | 2.802 |
| 35 | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 2.697 |
| 36 | Guatemala, Guatemala | Guatemala | 2.042 |
| 37 | Asunción | Paraguay | 1.79 |
| 38 | La Paz | Bolivia | 1.731 |
GDP per capita (nominal)
| Ranking | City | Country | GDP per capita (in thousands of USD) |
| – | Miami | United States | 28.753 |
| – | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 21.529 |
| 1 | Monterrey | Mexico | 11.654 |
| 2 | Mexico City | Mexico | 10.656 |
| 3 | Cancún | Mexico | 10.122 |
| 4 | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 9.11 |
| 5 | Tijuana | Mexico | 8.599 |
| 6 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 7.826 |
| 7 | Santiago | Chile | 7.448 |
| 8 | Brasilia | Brazil | 6.931 |
| 9 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 6.718 |
| 10 | Puebla | Mexico | 6.43 |
| 11 | Curitiba | Brazil | 5.447 |
| 12 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 5.069 |
| 13 | Panama City | Panama | 4.969 |
| 14 | São Paulo | Brazil | 4.946 |
| 15 | León | Mexico | 4.897 |
| 16 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 4.833 |
| 17 | Rosario | Argentina | 4.764 |
| 18 | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | 4.755 |
| 19 | Caracas | Venezuela | 4.719 |
| 20 | San José | Costa Rica | 4.39 |
| 21 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 4.122 |
| 22 | Córdoba | Argentina | 4.027 |
| 23 | Florianópolis | Brazil | 3.905 |
| 24 | Salvador | Brazil | 3.847 |
| 25 | Recife | Brazil | 3.117 |
| 26 | San Salvador | El Salvador | 3.083 |
| 27 | Lima | Peru | 3.027 |
| 28 | Quito | Ecuador | 2.871 |
| 29 | Medellín | Colombia | 2.811 |
| 30 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 2.414 |
| 31 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | 2.38 |
| 32 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 2.351 |
| 33 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2.329 |
| 34 | Bogotá | Colombia | 2.234 |
| 35 | Cali | Colombia | 2.214 |
| 36 | Asunción | Paraguay | 1.243 |
| 37 | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 1.218 |
| 38 | La Paz | Bolivia | 0.928 |
Gross Domestic Product
| Ranking | City | Country | GDP (in millions of USD) |
| 1 | Mexico City | Mexico | 203.257 |
| 2 | São Paulo | Brazil | 92.128 |
| 3 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 80.583 |
| – | Miami | United States | 67.941 |
| 4 | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | 52.555 |
| 5 | Santiago | Chile | 45.144 |
| – | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 43.363 |
| 6 | Monterrey | Mexico | 41.242 |
| 7 | Guadalajara | Mexico | 30.503 |
| 8 | Lima | Peru | 23.947 |
| 9 | Bogotá | Colombia | 22.204 |
| 10 | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | 19.115 |
| 11 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | 18.393 |
| 12 | Caracas | Venezuela | 17.177 |
| 13 | Curitiba | Brazil | 15.969 |
| 14 | Brasilia | Brazil | 15.178 |
| 15 | Puebla | Mexico | 12.834 |
| 16 | Tijuana | Mexico | 12.276 |
| 17 | Salvador | Brazil | 12.245 |
| 18 | Ciudad Juárez | Mexico | 12.05 |
| 19 | Recife | Brazil | 10.746 |
| 20 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 7.438 |
| 21 | San Salvador | El Salvador | 6.903 |
| 22 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | 6.693 |
| 23 | Montevideo | Uruguay | 6.683 |
| 24 | Rosario | Argentina | 6.531 |
| 25 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 6.529 |
| 26 | San José | Costa Rica | 6.462 |
| 27 | Panama City | Panama | 6.36 |
| 28 | León | Mexico | 5.943 |
| 29 | Córdoba | Argentina | 5.927 |
| 30 | Medellín | Colombia | 5.499 |
| 31 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | 5.132 |
| 32 | Cali | Colombia | 5.064 |
| 33 | Cancún | Mexico | 4.772 |
| 34 | Quito | Ecuador | 4.179 |
| 35 | Florianópolis | Brazil | 2.985 |
| 36 | Asunción | Paraguay | 2.064 |
| 37 | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 1.535 |
| 38 | La Paz | Bolivia | 1.378 |
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