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Development in African Descendant Communities by the Numbers
3x
Afro-Brazilian women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts due in part to low-quality pre-natal care.
13.5%
In Brazil, the overall poverty rate fell consistently from 29.8% (1999) to 13.5% (2008). However there is still a significant gap between the poverty rates for pardos (browns), pretos (blacks), and brancos (whites) 18.9%, 14.5%, and 8.4% respectively.
Gender Equality by the numbers
20%
Women’s political participation has increased: the number of women elected to parliaments in the region increased from an average of 5% in 1990 to 20% in 2010.
Indigenous people by the numbers
15%
In LAC, there are education performance gaps of 15 percentage points or higher between indigenous students and the population as a whole.
