World Bank keeps Latin America 2026 growth at 2.2%, Chile at 0.8%
By Alexander SchekGo-to-market and sales leadership in Latin America
1 min readThe World Bank keeps Latin America and the Caribbean's 2026 growth at 2.2%, the same as in June and as CEPAL. But its country numbers differ from CEPAL's: 1.2 points for Argentina and 0.8 for Chile.
The World Bank expects Latin America and the Caribbean to grow 2.2% in 2026, the same number it gave in June. Daniel Mauricio Salazar Castellanos listed the country forecasts in Bloomberg Línea on October 6.
Peru is at 3.2%, Colombia 2.3%, Argentina 2.1%, Brazil 2.1%, Mexico 1.4% and Chile 0.8%. The World Bank links the regional pace to persistent inflation, limited fiscal space and high borrowing costs.
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) also has the region at 2.2% for 2026 in its August 20 update, but its country numbers are different. CEPAL had Argentina at 3.3%, Colombia at 2.6% and Chile at 1.6%. Peru is at 3.2% in both, and Mexico is at 1.3% with CEPAL and 1.4% with the World Bank.
Growth forecast for 2026: World Bank versus CEPAL
A matching regional number does not mean the two agree country by country. The forecasts came out seven weeks apart, and for Argentina the gap between them is 1.2 points, for Chile 0.8.
Sources: Bloomberg Línea, the countries that would grow the most in 2026 and 2027 after the World Bank's new adjustment, October 6, 2026; Bloomberg Línea, CEPAL list of the countries that will grow and contract the most in 2026 and 2027, August 20, 2026
Publication: Originally published on my professional LinkedIn on October 15, 2026.