Big Mac Attack: McDonald’s Density in Latin America March 21st, 2024
Courtesy of Latinometrics, an interesting graphical look at the density of McDonald’s in Latin America:
What do Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti have in common? They stand together as the only 3 Latin American countries where McDonald’s is absent.
Actually, Cuba has a single location, but it’s technically under US jurisdiction in their Guantanamo Bay military base and not open to Cubans. That alone says a lot about the reach of the burger empire.
Where are LatAm’s 2.5K McDonald’s Located?
The famous golden arches have shone in the rest of the region for decades, with the first location opening in Puerto Rico in 1967 and Costa Rica three years later.
Nowadays, Brazil is home to over a thousand franchises. But sheer volume doesn’t tell the whole picture. To measure Latin Americans’ affinity for Happy Meals and French fries, we must look at the density — how many McDonald’s locations are there per million people?
Puerto Rico, a US territory, has the highest density, with almost 30 locations for every million people. Panama, another country closely tied to the US (with a dollarized economy since 1904), is the runner-up.
From Peru to Puerto Rico: LatAm’s McDonald’: Density
With the drive-thru giant being so widespread across the region, it’s safe to say that most readers have experienced its fast food offerings. But as usual, it’s not all fun and games. McDonald’s has been criticized for, among other things, the nutritional content of its food (or lack thereof), and eating it in excess is indisputably bad for health.
Given the chain’s massive adoption regionally and globally, the question then arises: Are countries with higher McDonald’s densities more obese?
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