Hispanic America

Regional overview

Hispanic America is very clearly defined as the supraregion comprising the American countries inhabited by Spanish-speaking populations. For related concepts see Category:Central America, Category:South America and Category:Spanish-speaking countries.

Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_America lists these countries as:

1. Argentina
2. Bolivia
3. Chile
4. Colombia
5. Costa Rica
6. Cuba
7. Dominican Republic
8. Ecuador
9. El Salvador
10. Guatemala
11. Honduras
12. Mexico
13. Nicaragua
14. Panama
15. Paraguay
16. Peru
17. Puerto Rico
18. Uruguay
19. Venezuela

It is a debatable point whether in cultural/political terms, Puerto Rico should be included - since it is effectively a colony of the US.

Most mainland countries of Central America and South America thus belong to Hispanic America, with the major exception of Brazil and the minor exceptions of some former colonies of Netherlands, France and UK.

Country reports from Hispanic America

This supra-region report is currently (August 2011) based on 10 country reports:

Four of these are detailed reports:

• Colombia
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

Six are briefer reports:

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Chile
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Re.ViCa also has brief country reports, which have not yet been updated, for:

• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Puerto Rico

Education in Hispanic America

Table below not yet converted using Word to wiki Country Average years of schooling of adults Duration of compulsory education Duration of education > Primary level Duration of education > Secondary level Education, primary completion rate % Enrolment ratio > Secondary level  % Tertiary enrolment %

Education spending (% of GDP) Education spending (% of total government expenditure)

Argentina 8.8 9 6 6 99 79.1 48.8 4.0 13.8 Bolivia 5.6 8 6 6 101 68.1 35.7 6.3 19.7 Chile 7.5 9 6 6 95 74.5 35.7 4.2 18.7 Colombia 5.3 8 5 6 97 56.5 23.3 5.2 15.6 Costa Rica 6 10 6 5 92 49.2 16.0 5.1 22.4 Ecuador 6.4 10 6 6 101 48 - 1.0 8.0 El Salvador 5.2 9 6 6 87 39.3 17.5 2.9 20.0 Guatemala 3.5 11 6 5 74 26.2 8.5 - 13.0 Honduras 4.8 6 6 5 79 - 14.7 - - Mexico 7.2 10 6 6 - 59.7 20.7 5.3 - Nicaragua 4.6 6 6 5 76 35.5 11.5 3.1 15.0 Panama 8.6 6 6 6 97 62.2 34.9 4.5 9.0 Paraguay 6.2 9 6 6 89 46.7 10.1 4.4 11.4 Peru 7.6 11 6 5 99 61.5 28.8 3.0 17.1 Uruguay 7.6 10 6 6 91 69.9 36.1 2.6 7.9 Venezuela 6.6 7 6 5 92 50.4 28.5 - 17.0 Means 6.3 8.7 6 5.7 91.2 55.1 24.7 4.0 14.9 Range 3.5 –8.6 6-11 6 5-6 74-101 26.2-79.1 8.5-48.8 1.0-6.3 8.0-22.4

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