— An essential source for quantitative research on Latin America
Editor: James W. Wilkie
The annual Statistical Abstract of Latin America (SALA) publishes current
reliable statistics on the societies, economies, and politics of Latin
America and guides users to additional quantitative publications and statistical
sources on the region.
SALA compiles and presents data from some 250 national and international
sources for twenty Latin American countries. To meet the needs of analysts
interested in global or comparative studies, SALA also includes regional
and world totals, as well as selected data for non-Latin American countries.
In many instances, the abstracted data are compiled from several sources,
published and unpublished, and reconfigured data to produce new statistical
tables unavailable elsewhere. To facilitate historical research, statistics
are presented in time series covering several years or decades whenever
possible.
Contents
- Geography, Land, and Environment
- Transportation and Communication
- Population, Health, and Education
- Politics, Religion, and Military
- Working Conditions and Migration
- Illegal and Legal Industry
- Mining, Energy, Sea, and Land Production
- Foreign Trade
- Financial Flows
- National Accounts, Government Policy and Finance, and Prices.
"SALA is the most often-used reference book in our reference collection."
— Tulane University
"The most important statistical source we have on Latin America, essential
to our collection."
— University of New Mexico
"It is an essential reference tool for Latin American comparative
statistical information."
— University of Notre Dame