The Pacific Pumas

Pacific Pumas
Dark green: The Four Pacific Pumas.
Dark green: The Four Pacific Pumas.
Membership
Population
• 2019 estimate
229,377,463a
GDP (PPP)2019 estimate
• Total
$US 4.4 Trillion
• Per capita
$US 19,182.35
HDI (2021)Increase 0.784
high
  1. Combined census estimates of member states.

The Pacific Pumas are a political and economic grouping of countries along Latin America’s Pacific coast that includes Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The term references the four larger Pacific Latin American emerging markets that share common trends of positive growth, stable macroeconomic foundations, improved governance and an openness to global integration.

The term was coined by political economist Samuel George[1] in 2012, and developed in a 2014 study authored by George and published by the Bertelsmann Foundation entitled The Pacific Pumas: An Emerging Model for Emerging Markets.[2]

  1. ^ Donnan, Shawn. “Pacific Alliance captures zeitgeist in era of ‘mega’ trade agreements”. Financial Times, 2014-04-1.
  2. ^ George, Samuel. “The Pacific Pumas: An Emerging Model for Emerging Markets”. Bertelsmann Foundation, 2014-03-12.