Professional Documents
Culture Documents
South American
States of the Future
2016/17
Winners
So Paulo has retained the top spot in the South American
States of the Future ranking for 2016/17, with Buenos Aires
Autonomous City rising to claim second place and Rio de
Janeiro ranking third. Cathy Mullan reports
26
country
1
So Paulo
2
Buenos Aires Autonomous City
3
Rio de Janeiro
4 Bogot
5
Metropolitana de Santiago
6 Antofagasta
7
Buenos Aires Province
8 Paran
9
Rio Grande do Sul
10 Lima
11 Atacama
12
Minas Gerais
13
Santa Catarina
14 Montevideo
15 Atlantico
16 Pichincha
17
Tierra del Fuego
18 Flores
19 Antioquia
20
Santa F
21 Guayas
22 Casanare
23
Rio Negro
24 Maldonado
25 Callao
Brazil
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Chile
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Brazil
Peru
Chile
Brazil
Brazil
Uruguay
Colombia
Ecuador
Argentina
Uruguay
Colombia
Argentina
Ecuador
Colombia
Uruguay
Uruguay
Peru
www.fDiIntelligence.com
April/May 2016
REGIONS
South American States of the Future
April/May 2016
www.fDiIntelligence.com
RANK State
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
country
So Paulo Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Buenos Aires AC
Argentina
Metro. de Santiago
Chile
Antofagasta Chile
Bogot Colombia
Atacama Chile
Lima Peru
Paran Brazil
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
1 So Paulo
Brazil
2
Buenos Aires AC
Argentina
3
Lima Peru
4
Pichincha Ecuador
5
Minas Gerais
Brazil
6
Metro. de Santiago
Chile
7
Bogot
Colombia
8
Guayas Ecuador
9
Montevideo Uruguay
10 Buenos Aires Prov.
Argentina
RANK State
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Cochabamba Bolivia
Oruro Bolivia
Ayacucho Peru
Apurimac Peru
La Paz
Bolivia
Chimborazo Ecuador
Junin Peru
Itapua Paraguay
Lambayeque Peru
Cotopaxi Ecuador
country
1
Buenos Aires Prov.
Argentina
2 So Paulo Brazil
3
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
4
Bogot
Colombia
5
Buenos Aires AC
Argentina
6
Montevideo Uruguay
7
Callao Peru
8
Metro. de Santiago
Chile
9
Paran Brazil
10 Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
country
1 So Paulo Brazil
2
Bogot
Colombia
3
Buenos Aires AC
Argentina
4
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
5
Buenos Aires Prov.
Argentina
6
Atlantico Colombia
7
Antioquia Colombia
8
Cundinamarca Colombia
9
Cuzco Peru
10 Paran Brazil
27
REGIONS
South American States of the Future
Major states
Top 10 Major South American States of
the Future 2016/17 overall
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
So Paulo
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Bogot Colombia
Metropolitana de Santiago Chile
Buenos Aires Province
Argentina
Paran Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
Lima Peru
Minas Gerais
Brazil
Santa Catarina
Brazil
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
So Paulo
Brazil
Lima Peru
Minas Gerais
Brazil
Metropolitana de Santiago Chile
Bogot Colombia
Guayas Ecuador
Buenos Aires Province
Argentina
Paran Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
So Paulo
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Metropolitana de Santiago Chile
Bogot Colombia
Lima Peru
Paran Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
Buenos Aires Province
Argentina
Santa Catarina
Brazil
Minas Gerais
Brazil
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Guayas Ecuador
Lima Peru
Maranhao Brazil
Goias Brazil
Pernambuco Brazil
Minas Gerais
Brazil
Bahia Brazil
Ceara Brazil
Par Brazil
Metropolitana de Santiago Chile
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
So Paulo
Brazil
Bogot Colombia
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Buenos Aires Province
Argentina
Antioquia Colombia
Paran Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
Metropolitana de Santiago Chile
Lima Peru
Valle del Cauca
Colombia
So Paulo
is the overall
winner and
the leading
major state
for economic
potential,
human capital
and business
friendliness
28
www.fDiIntelligence.com
April/May 2016
REGIONS
South American States of the Future
Large states
Top 10 Large South American States
of the Future 2016/17 overall
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Buenos Aires AC
Argentina
Atlantico Colombia
Pichincha Ecuador
Santa F
Argentina
Cordoba
Argentina
Federal District
Brazil
Bolivar Colombia
Cundinamarca Colombia
Valparaiso Chile
Santander Colombia
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Buenos Aires AC
Argentina
Pichincha Ecuador
Valparaiso Chile
Bo Bo
Chile
Cordoba Argentina
Santa F
Argentina
Federal District
Brazil
Capital District Venezuela
Tucuman Argentina
La Libertad
Peru
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Buenos Aires AC
Argentina
Santa F
Argentina
Cordoba Argentina
Bolivar Colombia
Atlantico Colombia
Valparaiso Chile
Mendoza Argentina
Amazonas Brazil
Federal District
Brazil
Pichincha Ecuador
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Buenos Aires AC
Argentina
Pichincha Ecuador
Atlantico Colombia
Federal District
Brazil
Amazonas Brazil
Santa F
Argentina
Bolivar Colombia
Santander Colombia
Valparaiso Chile
Cundinamarca Colombia
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Cochabamba Bolivia
La Paz
Bolivia
Cajamarca Peru
Piura Peru
Santa Cruz
Bolivia
La Libertad
Peru
Central Paraguay
Cundinamarca Colombia
Bo Bo
Chile
Pichincha Ecuador
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Buenos Aires AC
Argentina
Atlantico Colombia
Cundinamarca Colombia
Santa F
Argentina
Santander Colombia
Bolivar Colombia
Cordoba Argentina
Federal District
Brazil
Mendoza Argentina
Central Paraguay
Buenos Aires
Autonomous
City finished
second in the
overall
ranking,
and was the
standout
Large state in
South America
30
www.fDiIntelligence.com
April/May 2016
Mid-sized states
Top 10 Mid-Sized South American
States of the Future 2016/17 overall
RANK state
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Antofagasta Chile
Montevideo Uruguay
Callao Peru
Cuzco Peru
Arequipa Peru
Coquimbo Chile
Meta Colombia
Canelones Uruguay
Capital District
Paraguay
Ica Peru
RANK state
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Antofagasta Chile
Montevideo Uruguay
Cuzco Peru
Meta Colombia
Arequipa Peru
Coquimbo Chile
Callao Peru
Ica Peru
Los Lagos
Chile
Capital District
Paraguay
RANK state
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Montevideo Uruguay
Manab Ecuador
Tungurahua Ecuador
Chimborazo Ecuador
Antofagasta Chile
La Araucania
Chile
Maule Chile
Coquimbo Chile
Canelones Uruguay
Los Lagos
Chile
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Oruro Bolivia
Ayacucho Peru
Chimborazo Ecuador
Junin Peru
Itapua Paraguay
Lambayeque Peru
Manab Ecuador
Puno Peru
Tungurahua Ecuador
Esmeraldas Ecuador
April/May 2016
www.fDiIntelligence.com
31
REGIONS
South American States of the Future
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Montevideo Uruguay
Callao Peru
Antofagasta Chile
Canelones Uruguay
Rio Negro
Argentina
Risaralda Colombia
Chubut Argentina
Salta Argentina
Norte de Santander
Colombia
Neuquen Argentina
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Cuzco Peru
Risaralda Colombia
Antofagasta Chile
Montevideo Uruguay
Caldas Colombia
Magdalena Colombia
Meta Colombia
Tolima Colombia
Cauca Colombia
Capital District
Paraguay
Small states
Top 10 small South American States
of the Future 2016/17 overall
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Atacama Chile
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
Flores Uruguay
Casanare Colombia
Rio Negro
Uruguay
Maldonado Uruguay
Tarapaca Chile
Santa Cruz
Argentina
Demerara-Mahaica Guyana
Moquegua Peru
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Arica y Parinacota
Chile
Los Rios
Chile
Tarapaca Chile
Cotopaxi Ecuador
Maldonado Uruguay
Atacama Chile
San Luis
Argentina
Salto Uruguay
Paysandu Uruguay
Catamarca Argentina
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
32
country
Maldonado Uruguay
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
Demerara-Mahaica Guyana
Santa Cruz
Argentina
Vargas Venezuela
Casanare Colombia
Florida Uruguay
Colonia Uruguay
Treinta y Tres
Uruguay
Flores Uruguay
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Atacama Chile
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
Flores Uruguay
Rio Negro
Uruguay
Santa Cruz
Argentina
Moquegua Peru
Tarapaca Chile
Maldonado Uruguay
Casanare Colombia
Demerara-Mahaica Guyana
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Apurimac Peru
Cotopaxi Ecuador
Tacna Peru
Ucayali Peru
Demerara-Mahaica Guyana
Tumbes Peru
Casanare Colombia
Putumayo Colombia
Moquegua Peru
Arica y Parinacota
Chile
RANK State
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
country
Casanare Colombia
Putumayo Colombia
Treinta y Tres
Uruguay
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
San Jose
Uruguay
Flores Uruguay
Maldonado Uruguay
Demerara-Mahaica Guyana
Colonia Uruguay
Paramaribo Suriname
www.fDiIntelligence.com
April/May 2016
REGIONS
North American
South
cities
American
and regions
States of
OF the
THE Future
FUTURE
FDI Strategy
Top 10 Xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx
RANK city
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Fact box
first line
1
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
2
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
in bold, The
3
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
rest in thin
4
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
5
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
xxxx xxxx
6
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
xxxxxxx xxxxx
7
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
tax rate, the
import of raw
8 duty-free
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
xxxx xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
materials 9
and sector-specific
finanEditors
choice
xxxxxxaward
xxxxx
10 The
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
cial incentives.
agency promotes
itself through mobile apps across
xxxxxStates
xxxxx
Top 10 South American
of the
country
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
lans
are in place for a signifiXxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
cant
increase in staff numbers
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
at
state investment agency for
RANK city
country
Quisque
turpis lorem,
porta nec
venenatis
nec. Mauris
viverra iaculis nisl a
hendrerit.
Proin fringilla vehicula
lacus, luctus
luctus mi.
April/May
2016 www.fDiIntelligence.com
www.fDiIntelligence.com
Month/2016
33
REGIONS
South American States of the Future
Antofagasta
in Chile is fDis
leading midsized state of
the future,
and also
finished top of
the mid-sized
states economic
potential list
Methodology
To create a shortlist for the fDi South
American States of the Future 2016/17,
the fDi Intelligence division of the
Financial Times collected data using
the specialist online FDI tools fDi
Benchmark and fDi Markets as well as
other sources.
Data was collected for 133 locations, under five categories: Economic
JUDGINGCRITERIA
Economic potential
Population
Average annual population growth rate
(%)
Unemployment rate
Inflation rate
GDP (PPP current $) (millions)
GDP per Capita (PPP current
international $)
Average annual GDP growth rate
(2009-2014)
Projected average annual GDP growth
rate (2015-2020)
Outward FDI (2011-2015)
Outward FDI per 100,000 people
(2011-2015)
Inward FDI (2011-2015)
Inward FDI per 100,000 people
(2011-2015)
FDI in R&D and DDT (2011-2015)
FDI in advanced manufacturing
(2011-2015)
Number of megaprojects by capex
(more than $100m) (2011-2015)
Number of megaprojects by capex
(more than $100m) per 100,000 people
(2011-2015)
Number of megaprojects by jobs (more
than 1000 jobs) (2011-2015)
34
www.fDiIntelligence.com
April/May 2016