Statistical Abstract of Latin America. (SALA)
CC Reference HA 935 .S79 (older editions back to 1962 in general stacks)
Reliable statistical series on societies, economies, and politics in Latin America.
“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 In many instances, the abstracted data are compiled from several sources, published and unpublished, and reconfigured data to produce new statistical tables unavailable elsewhere.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.” [Quoted from publisher’s site]
Good for: Finding statistics and sources of statistics about Latin American countries
Format: paper only — find it in the library
Time period: 1962 to present, with some time series going back further.