Table 4 Growth rates and openness
From: The demand for military spending in Latin American countries
|  | GDP growth rate (%) | Openness (imports + exports as % of GDP) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | Max | Min | Average | Max | Min | |
Dominican Republic | 5.2 | 18.2 | − 12.5 | 60.4 | 86.5 | 32.7 |
El Salvador | 2.5 | 7.5 | − 11.8 | 61.0 | 76.6 | 36.9 |
Guatemala | 3.9 | 9.5 | − 3.5 | 45.4 | 69.5 | 24.9 |
Mexico | 4.1 | 11.9 | − 5.8 | 35.8 | 72.8 | 15.9 |
Argentina | 2.7 | 12.7 | − 10.9 | 20.4 | 41.8 | 10.3 |
Bolivia | 3.1 | 8.0 | − 12.2 | 53.1 | 85.3 | 31.3 |
Brazil | 4.3 | 14.0 | − 4.4 | 19.0 | 29.7 | 9.1 |
Chile | 4.3 | 12.3 | − 11.4 | 50.6 | 81.0 | 23.1 |
Colombia | 4.3 | 8.5 | − 4.2 | 31.6 | 39.0 | 21.8 |
Ecuador | 4.0 | 14.0 | − 4.7 | 41.6 | 68.1 | 19.3 |
Peru | 3.8 | 12.3 | − 12.3 | 38.3 | 58.4 | 22.5 |
Venezuela | 2.7 | 18.3 | − 8.9 | 47.6 | 60.1 | 30.7 |