Latin America and the Caribbean:
persist
Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be the most unequal region in the world, and women in rural areas and indigenous peoples are the ones who face the highest rates of poverty and food insecurity.
INCOME GAP Number of multimillionaires
POVERTY
Bolivia
22.5%in transientpoverty
in chronic poverty
14.1%
HEALTH
28%of the population in Latin America
are poor
167million people
71millionpeople
are living in extreme poverty or indigence
In 2014 poverty affected
EDUCATION
that leave in povertysuffer from hunger
and malnutrition
40%
210inhabitants
in Latin American and Caribbean
of the
Nearly
Peru
Bolivia
1in every3children under 5 years of age
suffer from anemia
40% of workers
are not af�liated with any health system
People suffering from undernourishment
4 out of 10 workers contribute to a pension plan
72cases
100,000live births
per
Maternal mortality among women aged 15 to 49
130cases
100,000live births
per
1990 2013
20% of adolescent
boys and girls receive no secondary education
Sources: World Bank; "2014 Social Panorama of Latin America", ECLAC; OXFAM; UNICEF; FAO; Ministry of Health-Peru; ILO.
59% of adolescents
GuatemalaCosta Rica
100% of adolescentsbetween 12 and
18 years of age study
Rate of urban unemployment
15 million workers unemployed
EMPLOYMENT
INEQUALITY INDEX(Gini coef�cient *)
2000 2013
0.4970.547
Colombia
32.4%in transientpoverty
in chronic poverty
2%
1990 2012
15.3%6.1%Chronic malnutrition in children
under 3 years of age
41.7%
1989 2012
18.5%
6.1%2014
500,000 more workers unemployed
6.2%2015(estimation)
=
=
60% and 90% of male earnings
More quali�ed women earn between
38% of workers
have unemployment insurance
108 millionyoung people
between 15 and 24 years of age
35%higher than among men
Unemployment rate among women is
65 years of age
More than a third of the population over
does not receive any retirement bene�ts
13.9%are unemployedare part of
the workforce
56%
2013
persons in Latin American and Caribbean
1 in 5
is currently in a situation of chronic poverty
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the richest
20%
46.7%of all income
received
the poorest
20%
5.6%of all income
received
20142002
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Paraguay
17.9%in transientpoverty
in chronic poverty
13.4%
BrazilBetween 2002 and 2013
82%
Between 2002 and 2013Zero Hunger Program
helped reduce the population suffering
from undernourishment by
between 12 and 18 years of age study
It measures income inequality where 0 is perfect equality and 1 is perfect inequality
*
increases the wealthof multimillionaires
23%a year
8%faster than in other parts of the world
It measures income inequality where 0 is perfect equality and 1 is perfect inequality
increases the wealth
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