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Lima

Latin America Power #101/162Per-capita #154
Metro Power
39.0
of 100 · #101
MPI
39.0
MCC
19.5
MDI
18.0

Pillar profile

Talent20.0
Capital12.6
Research15.4
Infrastructure31.3
Agentic18.0

Indicators

  • Population (m)10.9
  • GDP ($bn)110
  • GDP per capita ($k)10.1
  • AI investment ($bn)0.3
  • Tech employment %3.2
  • AI talent36
  • Research strength38
  • Notable AI orgs7
  • Compute / data centers44
  • Broadband %68
  • Tertiary degree %28
  • Digital skills42
  • Startup ecosystem40
  • Agent adoption26
  • Patents / 100k3

Nearest peers

Metro report · generated from Lima's indicators

Lima — metro standing in full

Lima is the #108 metro by economic size ($110bn) in the panel and ranks #101/162 on absolute Metro Power and #154/162 on per-capita intensity. No pillar stands out as a clear strength; the binding concern is capital.

Economic & scale context curated v1 estimate

GDP (metro)
$110bn
#108 of 162
GDP / capita
$10k
Population
10.9M
AI investment
$0.3bn
#147 of 162
Notable AI orgs
7

Index & pillar read

For each metro index and pillar: what it means when high (the value) versus low (the gap), and Lima's own standing.

Index / pillarValueStandingWhat a high vs low value means — and where Lima sits
MPI Metro Power39.0Moderate · #101/162Mid-pack. High would mean a heavyweight hub where capital, talent and AI organizations concentrate — it can anchor an entire national AI ecosystem; low would mean limited absolute weight — a smaller node that leans on capacity built in larger hubs.
▲ high: a heavyweight hub where capital, talent and AI organizations concentrate — it can anchor an entire national AI ecosystem  ·  ▼ low: limited absolute weight — a smaller node that leans on capacity built in larger hubs
MCC Metro Coefficient19.5Lagging · #154/162Low here — thin intensity per resident — capability is sparse relative to the population.
▲ high: deep capability per resident — a concentrated, high-intensity ecosystem  ·  ▼ low: thin intensity per resident — capability is sparse relative to the population
MDI Metro Agentic18.0Lagging · #153/162Low here — agentic deployment is shallow — the local agent lever is under-used.
▲ high: agents are widely deployed locally — a near-term productivity multiplier  ·  ▼ low: agentic deployment is shallow — the local agent lever is under-used
Talent Talent20.0Lagging · #153/162Low here — a shallow talent base that constrains how much can be built locally.
▲ high: a deep talent pool — the scarcest input to building AI  ·  ▼ low: a shallow talent base that constrains how much can be built locally
Capital Capital12.6Lagging · #154/162Low here — thin investment — good ideas struggle to scale locally.
▲ high: abundant capital flowing into building cognitive infrastructure  ·  ▼ low: thin investment — good ideas struggle to scale locally
Research Research15.4Lagging · #152/162Low here — a weak research base — fewer home-grown breakthroughs and spinouts.
▲ high: a strong research base feeding a pipeline of ideas and people  ·  ▼ low: a weak research base — fewer home-grown breakthroughs and spinouts
Infrastructure Infrastructure31.3Lagging · #151/162Low here — infrastructure gaps cap how much AI can actually be run locally.
▲ high: the physical and digital rails to run AI at scale are in place  ·  ▼ low: infrastructure gaps cap how much AI can actually be run locally
Agentic Agentic18.0Lagging · #153/162Low here — little agentic deployment — the near-term lever is unused.
▲ high: agents are actively deployed — an early-mover productivity edge  ·  ▼ low: little agentic deployment — the near-term lever is unused

Strengths to build on

  • No pillar stands out as a clear strength yet.

Risk factors

  • Binding weakness — Capital 12.6 (#154/162, Lagging): thin investment — good ideas struggle to scale locally.
Metro values are curated estimates (v1) on a consistent global scale — not yet measured sub-national data.