The Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC presents a set of basic statistics on the economic, socio-demographic and environmental situation of the region during a specific time period. This edition contains a selection of summary tables and graphics providing statistical information from a regional perspective. The electronic version includes a greater number of tables, providing more detailed information over a much longer period. This information is part of the statistics available in CEPALSTAT (http://estadisticas.cepal.org/cepalstat), the statistical databases and publications portal of ECLAC