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Statistics on poverty and income inequality in LAC (18 countries)

(last update: December 2016)

 

Tables

– Extreme poverty in LAC estimated with national poverty lines (% population)

– Total poverty in LAC estimated with national poverty lines (% population)

– Extreme poverty in LAC: % of population with income below USD 3.1 a day

– Total poverty in LAC: % of population with income below USD 5 a day

– Vulnerable in LAC: % of population with income between USD 5 and 12.4

– Middle class in LAC: % of population with income between USD 12.4 and 62

– High class in LAC: % of population with income above USD 62

– Inequality in the distribution of per capita income in LAC (Gini Coefficient x 100)

– Description of country codes

Per capita poverty lines

– National extreme and total poverty lines in each country

– International extreme poverty line a day: USD 3.1 at 2011 purchasing power parity (PPA)

(average of the national extreme poverty lines converted to dollars using 2011 PPP a day)

– Multiples of international extreme poverty line

USD 3.1 * 1.6 = USD 5 (the same relationship between lines USD 2.5 and 4 at 2005 PPP)

USD 3.1 * 4 = USD 12.4 (the same relationship between lines USD 2.5 and 10 at 2005 PPP)

USD 3.1 * 20 = USD 62 (the same relationship between lines USD 2.5 and 50 at 2005 PPP)

Concept of household income

It includes the labor and non-labor income of all household members, and excludes taxes whenever possible, and the

implicit income from own or occupied housing. It does not have imputations for missing, zero or outlier income in addition

to those already contained in the databases provided by the national statistical offices. Also, it has no adjustments for

regional price differences.
Extreme poverty in LAC estimated with national poverty lines (% population)

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ARG

6.7

7.7

12.2

24.7

20.5

15.0

12.2

8.7

5.9

4.4

3.5

2.5

1.7

1.5

1.4

 

 

BOL

40.7

39.9

37.0

36.6

 

 

36.7

37.7

37.7

30.1

26.1

 

21.0

21.6

18.7

17.2

16.8

BRA

15.0

 

15.2

14.0

15.2

13.2

11.5

9.5

9.0

7.6

7.3

 

6.3

5.3

5.5

4.2

 

CHL

 

5.6

 

 

4.7

 

 

3.2

 

 

3.6

 

3.1

 

2.5

 

2.0

COL

 

 

 

17.7

15.7

14.8

13.8

 

 

16.4

14.4

12.3

10.6

10.4

9.1

8.1

7.9

CRI

7.5

7.1

6.8

6.9

6.5

6.6

6.1

6.0

3.7

4.3

5.2

6.8

7.3

7.2

6.4

6.7

7.2

DOM

 

8.3

7.5

9.5

11.8

15.8

16.3

13.8

13.2

13.5

12.2

12.1

10.5

11.1

9.8

7.2

5.8

ECU

 

39.5

30.9

 

26.6

22.7

21.6

16.9

16.5

15.7

15.4

13.1

11.6

11.2

8.6

7.7

8.5

GTM

 

15.7

 

 

 

 

 

15.3

 

 

 

 

13.3

 

 

23.4

 

HND

55.1

 

50.2

51.8

52.4

50.8

50.8

46.1

43.6

44.1

42.4

45.3

46.9

50.9

48.2

44.6

44.7

MEX

 

24.1

 

20.0

 

17.4

18.2

14.0

 

16.8

 

19.4

 

20.0

 

20.6

 

NIC

 

 

15.1

 

 

 

17.2

 

 

 

14.6

 

 

 

 

8.3

 

PAN

 

 

 

16.6

 

 

 

17.6

15.7

15.3

15.3

12.2

11.5

11.1

10.6

10.8

10.3

PER

18.4

15.0

24.4

23.9

21.2

16.4

15.8

13.8

11.3

10.9

9.5

7.6

6.3

6.0

4.7

4.3

4.1

PRY

17.7

 

16.7

24.4

21.2

18.3

16.5

23.7

23.3

19.0

18.8

19.4

18.0

13.8

10.1

10.5

10.0

SLV

16.7

16.0

16.1

15.8

14.4

12.6

12.3

9.6

10.8

12.4

12.0

11.2

12.2

8.9

7.1

7.6

8.1

URY

1.2

1.5

1.3

2.0

3.0

3.9

3.4

2.7

3.2

2.0

1.6

1.1

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.3

VEN

16.9

14.9

14.0

21.0

25.0

18.6

15.3

9.1

7.9

7.6

7.5

6.9

7.0

6.0

8.8

9.5

9.3

Source: IDB/SCL: Based on data from National Statistics Offices
Total poverty in LAC estimated with national poverty lines (% population)

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ARG

26.7

28.9

38.3

57.5

47.8

40.2

33.8

26.9

20.6

15.3

13.2

9.9

6.5

5.4

4.7

 

 

BOL

63.5

66.4

63.1

63.3

 

 

59.6

59.9

60.1

57.3

51.3

 

45.1

43.3

38.9

39.2

38.6

BRA

35.3

 

35.1

34.4

35.8

33.7

30.8

26.8

25.4

22.6

21.4

 

18.4

15.9

15.1

13.3

 

CHL

 

20.2

 

 

18.7

 

 

13.7

 

 

11.4

 

10.9

 

7.8

 

6.3

COL

54.9

 

 

49.7

48.0

47.4

45.0

 

 

42.0

40.3

37.2

34.1

32.7

30.6

28.5

27.8

CRI

23.7

23.1

22.9

23.5

21.4

23.9

23.8

22.8

19.0

20.7

21.7

24.3

24.8

23.6

20.7

22.4

21.7

DOM

 

32.6

32.8

33.2

41.8

49.8

47.2

44.5

43.8

45.3

42.5

43.0

42.2

42.2

41.8

35.5

32.1

ECU

 

64.4

55.2

 

49.9

44.6

42.2

37.6

36.7

35.1

36.0

32.8

28.6

27.3

25.6

22.5

23.3

GTM

 

56.4

 

 

 

 

 

51.2

 

 

 

 

53.7

 

 

59.3

 

HND

72.4

 

70.0

70.8

70.8

69.2

69.7

66.0

64.8

65.7

64.5

66.2

67.6

71.1

70.1

68.2

68.7

JAM

16.9

18.7

16.9

19.7

19.1

16.9

14.8

14.3

9.9

12.3

16.5

17.6

 

19.9

 

 

 

MEX

 

53.6

 

50.0

 

47.2

47.0

42.9

 

49.0

 

52.0

 

51.6

 

53.2

 

NIC

 

 

45.8

 

 

 

48.3

 

 

 

42.5

 

 

 

 

29.6

 

PAN

 

 

 

36.8

 

 

 

38.3

36.5

33.8

33.4

29.8

27.6

26.5

25.8

25.6

22.3

PER

47.5

48.4

54.8

54.3

52.2

58.7

55.6

49.2

42.4

37.3

33.5

30.8

27.8

25.8

23.9

22.7

21.8

PRY

37.3

 

36.8

49.7

44.0

41.3

38.6

43.7

41.2

37.9

35.1

34.7

32.4

26.9

23.8

22.6

22.2

SLV

41.3

38.8

38.8

36.8

36.1

34.6

35.1

30.7

34.6

40.0

37.8

36.5

40.6

34.5

29.6

31.9

34.8

URY

15.3

17.8

18.8

24.3

31.3

31.9

29.2

34.4

30.5

22.4

20.9

18.6

13.7

12.4

11.5

9.7

9.7

VEN

42.0

40.4

39.0

48.6

55.1

47.0

37.9

30.6

28.5

27.5

26.7

26.9

26.5

21.2

27.3

32.6

33.1

Source: IDB/SCL: Based on data from National Statistics Offices
Extreme poverty in LAC: % of population with income below USD 3.1 a day

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ARG

20.6

22.8

27.8

37.9

32.9

25.5

20.7

16.7

11.3

11.1

8.7

5.5

3.1

2.6

1.8

1.6

 

BOL

39.7

40.5

35.8

38.3

28.3

 

34.4

32.7

31.3

23.6

21.1

 

17.0

18.1

15.7

15.5

15.0

BRA

28.3

 

26.3

25.5

26.7

24.3

22.4

20.5

17.8

15.4

14.7

 

12.6

10.3

10.2

8.9

10.5

CHL

 

11.3

 

 

9.8

 

 

6.1

 

 

4.7

 

4.1

 

2.8

 

2.7

COL

35.1

37.9

40.4

35.5

32.4

34.4

29.1

 

 

26.5

25.2

22.3

19.6

20.0

17.1

16.6

16.1

CRI

15.0

13.5

13.2

13.5

13.0

12.2

10.7

11.0

7.6

6.8

7.1

7.2

9.5

7.5

7.5

6.7

6.8

DOM

 

18.6

19.7

19.8

24.6

30.6

24.9

22.4

20.9

20.2

19.5

19.9

18.0

18.4

17.3

15.1

12.2

ECU

 

42.3

38.4

 

35.3

30.7

28.4

24.0

23.3

22.5

22.4

19.3

16.4

16.1

13.9

12.0

12.5

GTM

 

43.5

 

34.3

32.5

44.1

 

32.0

 

 

 

49.4

50.5

40.9

35.8

35.3

32.6

HND

44.5

 

46.6

47.7

47.1

46.2

43.2

42.2

40.3

38.7

36.5

40.3

44.3

47.3

42.6

36.3

 

MEX

 

27.6

 

24.0

 

20.5

21.2

17.0

 

19.8

 

20.5

 

19.4

 

17.3

 

NIC

50.9

 

44.9

 

 

 

43.6

 

 

 

41.1

34.4

31.4

29.0

 

32.0

 

PAN

19.4

19.9

25.3

22.8

21.8

21.5

21.8

21.6

19.1

18.7

17.1

16.8

14.8

11.3

12.6

11.1

11.3

PER

29.0

29.0

33.6

29.6

28.9

29.5

32.0

29.4

23.4

20.2

14.2

12.3

13.7

13.2

12.2

11.2

10.8

PRY

25.5

 

27.6

33.9

28.0

25.2

21.0

26.0

21.1

20.9

19.8

19.4

17.8

17.8

12.9

12.6

13.3

SLV

29.1

28.3

29.5

28.8

26.0

26.2

31.1

25.7

21.8

25.2

25.1

24.9

24.0

22.3

19.3

18.9

16.7

URY

3.0

3.3

5.0

6.9

8.2

9.9

9.5

6.2

6.8

3.3

4.3

3.3

3.0

3.3

2.8

2.5

2.9

VEN

23.1

21.7

21.5

27.6

34.0

24.4

22.7

13.3

9.9

8.8

7.6

7.7

8.1

7.7

7.7

6.0

8.5

LAC*

28.1

28.2

28.4

28.8

27.6

27.2

25.7

23.2

21.4

20.5

19.7

18.9

18.2

17.1

15.6

14.6

14.4

LAC**

28.8

28.1

28.0

27.8

27.2

25.4

23.8

20.9

19.1

18.2

17.4

16.5

15.6

14.4

13.4

12.3

12.8

* Simple average ** population-weighted average. Econometric estimates for years without data

 

 

 

Source: Based on data from IDB "Harmonized Household Surveys from Latin America and the Caribbean"
Total poverty in LAC: % of population with income below USD 5 a day

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ARG

37.7

39.8

45.3

56.4

51.6

42.3

37.4

31.4

24.3

22.1

17.8

13.4

9.3

6.6

4.9

4.4

 

BOL

54.5

58.2

54.1

54.7

45.5

 

52.0

48.1

46.3

39.0

35.0

 

29.4

30.0

26.8

27.1

27.9

BRA

43.9

 

42.7

42.3

43.1

41.0

38.7

35.7

34.2

30.6

27.7

 

25.1

21.9

20.9

19.2

21.1

CHL

 

25.2

 

 

23.6

 

 

17.4

 

 

13.1

 

12.1

 

8.1

 

8.2

COL

54.7

57.8

60.8

54.0

53.2

53.5

48.8

 

 

42.2

42.1

38.7

35.3

35.1

32.2

30.3

30.3

CRI

29.8

27.6

26.9

27.5

25.5

26.9

23.7

23.5

19.0

18.0

17.5

17.3

19.0

17.0

16.6

16.0

15.2

DOM

 

34.6

37.7

36.2

43.3

51.3

43.2

40.3

38.4

39.1

37.6

37.2

36.2

36.7

36.3

31.3

28.0

ECU

 

63.2

57.9

 

55.2

49.2

47.4

42.9

42.5

40.2

41.9

38.3

34.3

32.0

30.7

27.2

27.7

GTM

 

59.2

 

50.9

46.9

61.4

 

48.6

 

 

 

66.9

66.4

57.4

54.4

52.8

52.1

HND

62.0

 

61.9

62.6

63.0

61.2

59.6

57.8

55.9

55.2

52.7

56.3

61.0

63.4

60.0

54.4

 

MEX

 

46.2

 

43.3

 

40.7

39.3

34.9

 

37.6

 

40.0

 

38.0

 

37.2

 

NIC

67.0

 

62.6

 

 

 

63.8

 

 

 

61.7

58.7

55.6

50.9

 

52.9

 

PAN

33.0

33.2

38.9

36.3

34.9

34.4

35.1

34.6

31.3

29.5

28.6

26.5

25.4

21.0

21.8

19.6

19.6

PER

48.0

48.6

53.1

48.0

47.6

47.7

50.3

47.0

38.9

35.3

27.4

24.1

27.3

25.7

25.0

23.6

22.6

PRY

40.2

 

39.7

49.9

46.4

44.5

37.9

42.7

38.6

37.1

33.3

32.8

31.3

29.8

24.9

23.1

24.2

SLV

48.0

46.6

46.5

46.8

44.5

47.3

51.0

46.5

43.1

46.2

46.6

46.1

46.1

43.1

39.3

38.7

36.8

URY

9.2

10.1

14.6

18.5

22.6

23.4

21.0

17.5

17.4

12.0

12.2

10.9

8.8

8.4

8.0

7.0

7.5

VEN

43.0

41.3

41.1

47.5

55.6

45.3

41.4

28.7

22.2

20.3

19.4

19.5

19.8

18.4

18.5

16.1

21.6

LAC*

44.4

44.5

44.9

45.5

44.9

44.7

42.5

39.3

36.9

35.5

34.2

33.2

32.3

30.3

28.8

27.2

27.3

LAC**

46.0

45.5

45.6

45.4

45.2

43.4

41.0

37.2

35.3

33.5

31.9

30.9

29.7

27.6

26.4

25.0

25.9

* Simple average ** population-weighted average. Econometric estimates for years without data

 

 

 

Source: Based on data from IDB "Harmonized Household Surveys from Latin America and the Caribbean"
Vulnerable in LAC: % of population with income between USD 5 and 12.4

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ARG

37.3

35.8

33.1

29.1

32.1

36.5

38.2

40.0

38.7

40.1

36.4

35.4

30.5

26.7

22.5

22.0

 

BOL

28.7

26.2

29.6

29.1

31.8

 

29.2

31.8

33.3

37.8

39.7

 

40.2

37.4

38.1

38.7

38.6

BRA

32.0

 

32.3

32.8

32.8

34.1

35.3

36.1

36.3

37.1

38.9

 

38.5

38.3

38.2

37.9

39.1

CHL

 

38.9

 

 

40.5

 

 

40.8

 

 

40.6

 

39.6

 

36.0

 

37.9

COL

29.6

27.1

26.3

29.0

30.4

29.3

32.2

 

 

33.8

33.6

35.0

36.2

35.8

36.3

37.1

37.3

CRI

40.9

39.7

39.5

39.7

38.7

40.4

41.9

41.8

41.8

40.9

39.4

39.1

35.6

36.0

36.9

34.9

36.5

DOM

 

36.1

35.9

37.8

36.3

32.6

35.6

35.8

39.7

38.2

39.3

38.8

39.7

42.1

40.7

41.4

42.1

ECU

 

26.2

28.2

 

29.9

32.6

33.3

35.5

34.6

37.3

37.6

38.4

39.7

40.8

41.7

43.9

42.7

GTM

 

26.9

 

29.8

31.9

25.5

 

33.5

 

 

 

23.5

24.7

29.4

32.6

30.8

32.8

HND

25.9

 

25.2

24.2

24.8

24.2

26.1

27.6

28.7

29.6

30.6

28.1

26.7

25.5

27.9

31.4

 

MEX

 

35.4

 

37.1

 

38.9

39.6

41.4

 

38.6

 

39.4

 

39.6

 

41.2

 

NIC

20.6

 

25.2

 

 

 

26.8

 

 

 

29.6

31.9

33.7

37.5

 

36.2

 

PAN

34.4

34.2

32.4

32.5

33.1

32.8

32.4

33.1

33.9

33.7

34.5

34.3

36.7

33.6

33.9

32.4

30.4

PER

35.3

35.5

32.6

35.1

34.1

35.3

34.4

34.8

37.3

38.6

36.8

37.9

41.2

41.0

41.5

42.1

43.7

PRY

33.7

 

34.8

31.4

32.6

33.9

36.6

35.8

37.5

37.6

38.9

38.1

36.8

38.0

37.9

37.8

38.3

SLV

34.1

34.3

35.1

34.4

36.8

36.4

34.4

39.0

40.2

38.2

38.5

37.8

39.6

41.6

42.7

43.1

45.3

URY

32.3

33.3

34.9

37.6

41.5

38.8

39.2

39.2

36.9

37.5

34.2

34.4

30.7

29.3

28.1

26.4

25.7

VEN

39.0

41.2

38.8

36.3

33.1

38.6

40.5

44.4

45.9

44.3

44.7

45.8

45.3

42.1

43.5

44.0

45.5

LAC*

32.6

32.5

32.7

32.8

33.6

33.7

34.8

36.2

36.6

36.7

36.6

36.5

36.4

36.3

36.4

36.6

37.0

LAC**

32.9

33.2

33.1

33.4

33.9

34.9

36.1

37.4

37.4

37.6

37.9

38.0

37.9

37.5

37.5

37.8

38.4

* Simple average ** population-weighted average. Econometric estimates for years without data

 

 

 

Source: Based on data from IDB "Harmonized Household Surveys from Latin America and the Caribbean"
Middle class in LAC: % of population with income between USD 12.4 and 62

 

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

ARG

23.8

23.4

20.5

14.1

15.8

20.7

23.8

27.7

35.7

36.6

43.9

48.6

56.6

61.7

65.8

65.8

 

BOL

15.9

14.3

15.2

14.6

20.3

 

17.7

18.8

19.2

21.8

24.3

 

29.4

31.7

33.5

32.9

32.5

BRA

21.1

 

21.9

21.8

21.3

22.2

23.1

24.9

26.4

28.9

29.8

 

32.6

35.7

36.6

38.5

36.0

CHL

 

31.1

 

 

31.3

 

 

37.2

 

 

41.2

 

42.3

 

48.9

 

48.7

COL

14.3

13.8

11.7

15.5

15.1

15.5

17.3

 

 

21.8

22.1

24.0

26.0

26.7

28.9

29.5

30.0

CRI

28.1

31.0

31.2

30.7

33.5

30.7

32.7

32.5

36.0

38.2

38.7

40.0

40.7

42.6

41.7

43.8

43.1

DOM

 

27.1

24.7

24.2

19.1

15.2

19.9

22.4

20.6

21.5

21.9

23.2

22.9

20.2

21.7

26.4

28.5

ECU

 

9.7

12.8

 

14.0

16.7

17.9

20.3

21.2

21.2

19.5

22.1

25.1

26.3

26.3

27.8

28.4

GTM

 

12.6

 

17.6

20.1

12.4

 

16.6

 

 

 

9.3

8.6

12.7

12.5

15.9

14.7

HND

11.6

 

12.3

12.3

11.4

13.8

13.4

13.6

14.6

14.5

16.1

14.9

11.7

10.6

11.6

13.7

 

MEX

 

17.1

 

18.1

 

19.3

20.0

22.1

 

22.3

 

19.5

 

20.9

 

20.0

 

NIC

7.3

 

10.7

 

 

 

8.5

 

 

 

8.2

9.1

10.4

11.2

 

10.2

 

PAN

29.6

29.5

26.3

28.1

28.9

29.5

29.6

29.2

31.8

33.7

33.8

35.8

35.0

41.1

40.4

44.2

46.0

PER

15.3

15.3

13.5

15.6

16.3

15.9

14.2

17.2

22.4

25.0

33.7

36.0

29.8

32.0

32.2

32.9

32.3

PRY

24.1

 

23.3

17.5

19.2

20.2

24.0

20.1

22.7

23.5

26.2

27.3

29.6

30.7

35.0

36.7

35.1

SLV

17.4

18.4

17.7

18.1

17.6

15.8

14.1

13.8

16.0

15.2

14.4

15.7

14.1

15.0

17.5

17.9

17.4

URY

53.9

52.3

46.6

41.1

33.9

35.8

37.9

40.5

42.5

47.0

49.4

50.6

56.2

58.4

59.6

61.7

61.7

VEN

17.4

17.0

19.5

15.7

11.1

15.8

17.5