Poverty Official LAC 2017-07
Poverty Official LAC 2017-07
Poverty Official LAC 2017-07
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1. Source of information
2. Poverty headcount ratio. Official estimates.
3. Poverty headcount ratio. Official estimates, by area of residence
4. Poverty headcount ratio: moderate poverty line. Official estimates, by subnational region
Poverty
Official estimates
Source of information
The Caribbean
Bahamas 2001 Banco Central de Las Bahamas
Belice 2002-2009 Statistical Institute of Belize
Haiti 1986-2001 FAFO
Jamaica 1989-2012 PIOJ
Observation
See www.indec.gov.ar
See www.ine.gov.bo and www.udape.gov.bo
See www.ipeadata.gov.br
See www.ministeriodesarrollosocial.gob.cl
See www.dane.gov.co and www.dnp.gov.co
See www.inec.go.cr
www.stp.gov.do and
See www.inec.gob.ec,
www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec and
www.bce.fin.ec
See www.digestyc.gob.sv
See www.ine.gob.gt
See www.ine.gob.hn
See www.sedesol.gob.mx and
www.coneval.gob.mx
See www.inide.gob.ni
See www.dgeec.gov.py
See www.inei.gob.pe
See www.ine.gub.uy
See www.ine.gov.ve
See www.centralbankbahamas.com
See www.cso.gov.bz
See www.fafo.no/ais/other/haiti/index.htm
See www.pioj.gov.ja or www.pioj.gov.jm
Poverty
Poverty headcount ratio
Official estimates
National
The Caribbean
Bahamas
2001 3.2 3.0 9.3 5.1
Belice
2002 - LFS 10.8 7.5 34.0 24.5
2009 - LFS 15.8 10.4 41.3 31.0
Haiti
1986/87 44.5 59.6
1999/00 31.4 48.0
2001 56.0 77.0
Jamaica
1989 30.5
1990 28.4
1991 44.6
1992 33.9
1993 24.4
1994 22.8
1995 27.5
1996 26.1
1997 19.9
1998 15.9
1999 16.9
2000 18.7
2001 16.9
2002 19.7
2003 19.1
2004 16.9
2005 14.8
2006 14.3
2007 9.9
2008 12.3
2009 16.5
2010 17.6
2012 19.9
Poverty
Poverty headcount ratio
Official estimates
Urban
Extreme poverty Moderate poverty
Individuals Households Individuals Households
Latin America
Bolivia
1996 23.7 51.9
1997 24.9 54.5
1999 23.5 51.4
2000 27.9 54.5
2001 26.2 54.3
2002 25.7 53.9
2003/04 22.9 54.4
2005 24.3 51.1
2006 23.4 50.3
2007 23.7 50.9
2008 18.9 48.7
2009 16.1 43.5
2011 10.8 36.8
2012 12.2 34.7
2013 9.1 29.0
2014 8.3 30.6
2015 9.3 31.0
Chile
1987 16.7 43.6
1990 12.5 10.3 38.5 33.4
1992 8.8 7.2 32.7 27.8
1994 7.2 5.9 27.0 22.9
1996 5.1 4.4 22.0 18.7
1998 5.1 4.3 20.7 17.0
2000 5.1 4.2 19.7 15.9
2003 4.4 3.7 18.5 15.1
2006 3.2 2.7 13.9 11.4
2009 3.6 3.4 15.5 13.0
2011 2.7 2.5 15.0 12.5
New Estimations
2006 10.6 9.2 25.8 23.1
2009 8.5 7.6 22.6 20.4
2011 7.2 6.4 19.9 17.5
2013 3.8 3.3 12.4 10.9
2015 3.0 2.7 10.2 8.9
Colombia
Income poverty
2002 12.2 45.5
2003 11.2 44.9
2004 10.0 43.7
2005 9.1 41.1
2008 11.2 37.4
2009 9.9 36.0
2010 8.3 33.3
2011 7.0 30.3
2012 6.6 28.4
2013 6.0 26.9
2014 5.1 24.6
2015 4.9 24.1
2016 5.6 24.9
The Caribbean
Belice
2002 - LFS 4.8 3.3 23.7 17.2
2009 - LFS 6.2 4.1 27.9 21.1
Haiti
1986/1987 27.0 43.4
1999/2000 19.9 34.3
2001 23.0 45.0
Jamaica
1991 16.1
1992 22.8
1998 5.5
1999 11.1
2000 12.6
2001 9.9
2002 10.6
Rural
Extreme poverty Moderate poverty
Individuals Households Individuals Households
67.8 84.4
59.0 78.0
69.9 84.0
75.0 87.0
59.7 77.7
62.3 78.8
53.7 77.7
62.9 77.6
62.3 76.5
63.9 77.3
51.5 73.6
45.5 66.4
41.8 61.9
41.1 61.2
38.8 59.9
36.1 57.5
33.3 55.0
20.6 51.5
15.7 12.5 38.8 32.9
10.3 8.4 33.9 28.8
9.8 7.9 31.0 25.7
9.4 7.9 30.3 25.9
8.6 6.9 27.5 22.6
8.4 6.8 23.7 19.2
6.2 5.1 19.9 16.4
3.5 3.0 12.3 10.0
4.4 4.0 12.9 10.9
3.2 3.1 10.8 9.3
31.0 55.1
27.2 52.0
22.3 47.5
22.3 45.8
21.8 46.0
18.2 41.6
17.6 40.1
86.0
76.8
59.6
53.1
53.1
48.3
45.9
44.1
40.0
37.6
44.9
32.6
27.4 63.0
33.9 66.8
37.7 75.1
26.9 61.5
13.8 47.3
32.8 60.6
33.3 61.3
31.0 58.0
31.7 59.7
29.3 57.5
28.4 52.9
25.1 53.0
25.0 49.8
24.6 50.9
20.0 45.0
23.3 49.1
17.0 40.7
17.4 42.0
17.2 40.9
16.0 41.7
17.9 43.6
14.3 35.3
19.7 43.4
14.9 38.0
15.8 37.9
17.0 39.3
19.5 44.0
18.6 40.9
16.5 39.9
17.6 38.2
33.6 66.1
34.0 65.1
33.8 65.3
34.8 64.6
26.5 58.2
32.3 64.8
27.9 61.6
28.8 58.7
27.4 55.4
27.1 53.7
26.1 51.6
26.0 49.2
22.1 46.2
19.3 43.7
16.9 42.4
12.2 35.8
16.3 43.8
17.5 49.0
17.5 46.5
15.1 43.2
18.4 50.2
13.6 43.3
9.8 36.0
10.9 37.9
10.1 38.8
23.8 74.5
24.4 70.5
35.3 76.1
26.2 62.4
23.8 64.7
19.1 61.3
26.5 64.9
21.5 61.6
20.6 61.1
36.3 76.1
28.9 68.5
27.4 67.8
30.5 70.3
26.6 63.3
16.3 50.1
38.5 64.9
35.4 62.7
34.6 59.8
38.6 64.4
35.4 62.3
35.2 59.4
35.5 59.6
27.0 54.1
26.6 50.4
26.5 49.9
26.7 49.7
26.3 49.7
25.3 46.0
24.8 45.2
21.4 37.2
28.9 42.5
26.5 42.0
25.6 41.2
31.1 50.5
28.7 43.4
22.8 40.1
20.8 36.6
26.3 38.9
24.4 35.0
18.3 32.7
32.0 51.6
31.4 52.6
28.2 52.1
39.2 62.7
31.2 52.5
26.2 48.9
24.3 44.2
35.9 55.3
34.0 51.8
30.9 48.8
32.4 49.8
32.4 48.9
29.6 44.8
26.0 42.1
17.6 33.8
19.2 32.0
41.5 66.3
40.0 65.9
44.4 71.8
35.6 70.0
49.8 77.1
51.7 77.7
45.9 75.7
36.8 69.8
37.9 70.9
37.1 69.3
32.9 64.6
29.7 59.8
27.8 60.3
23.3 54.2
42.1 83.9
41.0 82.5
38.1 79.3
32.7 74.0
32.4 68.8
29.8 66.7
23.8 61.0
20.5 56.0
19.7 53.0
16.0 48.0
14.6 46.0
13.9 45.2
13.2 43.8
56.5 72.8
37.6 55.5
67.0 88.0
63.9
42.2
29.5
22.0
25.1
24.1
25.1
Poverty
Poverty headcount ratio (individuals)
Moderate poverty line
Official estimates
Latin America
Argentina
National GBA Pampeana
1988 32.3
1989 47.3
1990 33.7
1991 21.5
1992 17.8
1993 16.8
1994 19.0
1995 24.8
1996 27.9
1997 26.0
1998 25.9
1999 26.7
2000 28.9
2001 38.3 35.4 37.1
2002 57.5 54.3 56.7
2003 54.7 51.7 52.8
EPH-C
2003-I 54.0 52.3 50.3
2003-II 47.8 46.2 43.3
2004-I 44.3 42.7 41.2
2004-II 40.2 37.7 37.4
2005-I 38.9 38.0 34.1
2005-II 33.8 30.9 30.7
2006-I 31.4 29.4 27.5
2006-II 26.9 25.5 22.6
2007-I 23.4 21.8 19.5
2007-II 20.6 20.6 15.6
2008-I 17.8 17.0 14.3
2008-II 15.3 14.9 13.1
2009-I 13.9 12.4 13.1
2009-II 13.2 12.6 11.5
2010-I 12.0 11.2 11.2
2010-II 9.9 9.1 9.6
2011-I 8.3 8.2 7.6
2011-II 6.5 5.8 6.8
2012-I 6.5 7.6 5.2
2012-II 5.4 5.6 4.9
2013-I 4.7 4.7 4.7
New Estimations
2016-I 32.2 30.9 32.6
Brazil
National Centro-Oeste Norte
1976 42.9 27.7 48.9
1977 39.1 25.3 43.6
1978 43.6 27.6 44.5
1979 39.6 24.7 40.8
1981 40.8 36.2 39.3
1982 41.0 35.2 38.6
1983 48.7 42.9 46.4
1984 48.3 39.1 44.5
1985 42.0 33.1 37.0
1986 26.4 14.7 21.2
1987 38.7 28.4 34.5
1988 43.6 36.4 44.8
1989 41.4 32.1 39.2
1990 41.9 31.2 37.9
1992 42.1 34.3 54.2
1993 43.0 33.3 53.4
1995 35.1 27.0 44.0
1996 34.7 27.4 45.1
1997 35.2 24.8 46.7
1998 34.0 23.7 46.2
1999 35.3 26.2 46.9
2001 35.1 25.2 45.4
2002 34.4 24.1 46.6
2003 35.8 26.0 47.9
2004 33.7 21.7 46.7
2005 30.8 20.6 43.2
2006 26.8 16.1 39.1
2007 25.4 14.9 38.3
2008 22.6 12.6 33.3
2009 21.4 11.6 32.9
2011 18.4 8.3 31.4
2012 15.9 6.7 27.5
2013 15.1 6.7 25.8
Chile
National Region 1 Region 2
1987 45.1 43.2 39.8
1990 38.6 28.3 34.1
1992 32.8 26.7 31.8
1994 27.7 22.2 25.4
1996 23.2 21.4 16.4
1998 21.6 15.6 12.7
2000 20.2 20.8 13.4
2003 18.7 18.5 11.2
2006 13.7 14.5 7.3
Colombia
National Atlántica Oriental
Multidimensional poverty
1997 60.4 72.1 65.3
2003 49.2 61.1 48.5
2008 34.7 52.8 33.2
2010 30.4 45.5 28.6
2011 29.4 41.8 29.2
Costa Rica
National Central Chorotega
ENPM
1987 32.8 25.4 52.5
1988 32.2 24.8 52.5
1989 31.7 25.4 51.4
1990 31.0 24.9 50.5
1991 35.4 29.7 56.3
1992 33.1 29.1 51.2
1993 26.4 20.7 42.8
1994 22.9 16.9 43.4
1995 23.5 18.8 39.2
1996 24.5 18.4 39.0
1997 23.9 17.2 41.0
1998 22.1 16.5 38.8
1999 23.7 17.8 40.7
2000 23.1 17.2 38.8
2001 22.9 16.9 36.2
2002 23.5 17.8 37.2
2003 21.4 16.0 35.7
2004 23.9 18.4 38.6
2005 23.8 19.2 34.4
2006 22.8 18.1 38.5
2007 19.0 15.1 29.8
2008 20.7 16.1 30.8
2009 21.7 17.6 28.8
ENAHO
2010 24.2 19.0 37.8
2011 24.8 20.2 34.6
2012 23.6 18.6 39.1
2013 23.3 17.8 37.9
2014 24.6 19.1 36.3
2015 23.6 18.4 28.7
2016 22.9 17.7 27.4
Dominican Republic
National Resto urbano Resto rural
1998 12.5 18.6 33.5
Ecuador
National Costa Sierra
ECV
1995 39.3 9.1 18.5
1998 44.7 16.3 21.8
1999 52.2 16.0 24.6
2006 38.3 10.8 12.2
2014 25.8 24.8 24.5
Guatemala
National Metropolitana Norte
2000 56.2 18.0 84.0
2006 51.0 16.3 77.1
Honduras
National Distrito central San Pedro Sula
2001 63.7 56.3 47.0
2002 64.8 51.4 49.9
2003 65.3 51.3 48.7
2004 64.6 51.0 50.9
2005 63.7 52.6 50.5
2006 59.9 47.6 46.1
2007 58.2 49.6 47.5
2008 59.2 47.8 46.8
2009 58.8 43.7 42.4
2010 60.0 43.3 45.3
2011 61.9 47.8 52.3
2012 66.5 53.2 56.9
2013 64.5 51.5 54.0
2014 62.8 52.9 50.5
2015 63.8 57.2 49.6
2016 60.9 50.0 48.3
Nicaragua
National Managua Pacífico
Urbano
1993 50.3 29.9 28.1
1998 47.8 18.5 39.6
2001 45.8 20.2 37.2
2005 48.3 21.2 37.7
2009 42.5 22.5 28.7
National Managua Pacífico
2014 29.6 11.6 18.5
Panama
National Oriental Metropolitana
Consumption poverty (ENV)
1997 37.3 60.4 21.7
2003 36.8 67.5 22.9
2008 32.7 52.7 19.9
Peru
National Costa urbana Selva urbana
ENAHO 1
1997 42.7 27.7 37.0
1998 42.4
1999 47.5
2000 48.4 36.1 37.8
ENAHO 2
2001 54.8 48.7 62.4
2002 54.3 48.4 58.1
2003 54.7 45.9 63.8
2004 48.6 37.1 50.4
2005 48.7 32.2 53.9
2006 44.5 29.9 49.9
2007 39.3 25.1 40.3
2008 36.2 23.4 31.3
2009 34.8 21.4 32.5
2010 31.3 21.1 27.4
New Estimations
2004 58.5 50.5 59.5
2005 55.6 43.2 58.4
2006 49.1 37.6 54.6
2007 42.4 31.7 44.0
2008 37.3 27.4 32.7
2009 33.5 23.7 32.7
2010 30.8 23.0 27.2
2011 27.8 18.2 26.0
2012 25.8 17.5 22.4
2013 23.9 18.4 22.9
2014 22.7 16.3 22.6
2015 21.8 16.1 20.7
2016 20.7 13.7 19.6
Uruguay
National Montevideo Interior urbano
1986 46.2 42.9 49.0
1987 35.6 34.1 36.9
1988 26.6 26.4 26.8
1989 26.6 26.2 27.1
1990 29.7 29.4 30.0
1991 23.4 22.4 24.4
1992 19.9 17.6 22.4
1993 17.1 13.7 20.9
1994 15.3 13.3 17.5
1995 17.4 16.1 18.8
1996 17.2 15.4 19.1
1997 17.2 16.0 18.5
1998 16.7 15.9 17.6
1999 15.3 15.6 15.0
2000 17.8 17.7 18.0
2001 18.8 18.4 19.3
2002 24.3 22.9 24.4
2003 31.3 29.9 31.8
2004 31.9 31.7 32.5
2005 29.2
2006 27.5 27.3 26.4
2007 26.0 26.8 24.4
2008 20.5 23.2 17.6
Interior (>5,000
National Montevideo inhabitants)
Methodology 2006
2006 32.5 32.9 32.4
2007 29.6 30.8 29.3
2008 24.2 26.0 22.9
2009 21.0 24.1 19.1
2010 18.5 21.6 16.3
2011 13.7 16.7 12.1
2012 12.4 16.6 10.1
2013 11.5 15.7 8.6
2014 9.7 13.1 7.5
2015 9.7 13.4 7.7
The Caribbean
Bahamas
National NP & GB A, E & A
2001 9.3 8.2 17.2
Belice
National Corozal Orange Walk
2002 - LFS 34.0 26.1 34.9
2009 - LFS 41.3 56.2 42.8
Haiti
National Ouest Sud Est
2001 77.0 57.0 87.0
Jamaica
National KMA Other towns
1989 30.5 15.5 22.0
1990 28.4 13.3 25.7
1991 44.6 28.9 31.4
1992 33.9 18.8 29.9
1993 24.4 16.7 22.9
1994 22.8 13.8 20.0
1995 27.5 15.0 22.8
1996 26.1 17.2 22.0
1997 19.9 9.3 14.8
1998 15.9 8.6 13.4
1999 16.9 18.2 12.5
2000 18.7 9.9 16.6
2001 16.9 7.6 13.3
2002 19.7 10.4 18.7
2003 19.1 9.5 15.8
2004 16.9 14.3 7.8
2005 14.8 9.6 7.2
2006 14.3 9.4 9.2
2007 9.9 6.2 4.0
2008 12.3 7.0 10.7
2009 16.5 12.8 10.2
2010 17.6 14.4 11.6
2012 19.9 19.7 16.6
Cuyo NOA Patagonia NEA
Amazonía
23.8
22.2
39.6
47.7
Interior rural
31.7
29.4
22.2
Interior (<5,000
inhabitants) Interior rural
42.5 20.7
37.8 16.4
34.5 11.5
25.6 9.1
23.5 6.1
16.0 6.0
10.7 4.1
11.9 3.0
9.4 3.0
8.3 2.6
E & LI OFI
8.2 12.7
Rural areas
40.7
37.5
57.2
42.2
29.6
28.8
37.0
32.8
27.4
29.5
22.0
25.1
24.1
25.1
24.2
22.1
21.1
19.8
15.3
17.0
22.0
23.2
21.3
Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Region 10
46.8 56.9 59.6 54.2
42.8 47.5 46.4 39.8
39.7 45.0 41.6 34.8
39.5 39.6 34.4 32.8
32.6 34.1 35.7 32.3
29.3 32.2 34.8 29.2
25.3 27.1 32.7 25.6
23.1 28.0 29.7 21.8
17.7 20.7 20.1 14.0
60.9 56.3
52.8 45.2
37.4 31.7
31.7 25.4
35.6 25.7
Antioquia
27.8
25.7
21.7
22.4
19.5
18.7
15.1
Del Valle Yuma Higuamo Ozama o Metropolitana
76.0 26.4 46.9 15.2
67.5 34.7 47.1 17.6
65.2 39.7 44.2 17.2
60.0 39.8 46.1 17.6
68.4 37.2 46.1 16.7
77.1 39.9 39.6 19.0
78.9 42.1 50.1 25.5
66.0 41.2 60.6 28.0
72.6 51.8 62.1 36.4
72.6 53.3 60.1 36.5
72.7 47.0 64.6 34.4
67.2 44.5 65.1 33.2
64.6 35.9 58.2 32.2
72.8 43.6 58.8 29.2
72.7 42.9 52.8 28.4
69.7 41.8 51.0 31.4
66.8 41.1 58.1 28.3
74.0 44.7 57.0 32.0
62.8 38.7 53.9 29.2
61.9 40.9 54.3 32.5
61.2 39.8 51.7 29.5
68.9 40.7 55.6 32.3
56.6 35.7 45.5 30.0
61.7 37.7 51.8 34.0
54.7 37.2 50.1 31.5
63.1 36.1 49.3 32.9
57.6 34.7 51.5 29.5
65.7 43.1 50.6 33.1
57.0 35.6 44.5 27.9
65.9 38.1 44.5 25.8
57.0 35.4 42.4 22.6
58.4 31.1 36.8 26.2
49.0 28.7 35.3 24.5
44.8 27.6 39.3 22.8
Noroccidente Petén
82.1 68.0
75.6 57.0
Atlántico
Rural
83.6
79.3
76.7
76.6
68.8
Atlántico
39.0
25.4
24.1
31.4
38.9
31.9
34.7
36.5
30.9
32.6
24.2
18.5
17.7
14.1
12.8
30.9
32.6
24.2
25.1
21.7
16.1
15.8
15.6
14.5
12.8
11.8
11.0
11.0
Sud Grand Anse Nord Ouest
87.0 88.0 92.0
Region 11 Region 12 Region 13
28.3 23.0 38.7
32.8 30.0 33.0
30.6 24.1 26.2
30.1 14.2 19.8
22.4 13.7 14.7
15.1 12.0 15.4
14.3 11.1 15.1
14.2 12.3 13.1
9.2 6.3 10.6
etropolitana
Area indígena
88.6
91.1
88.0
89.2
88.4
87.8
86.9
84.6
Region 15
18.6
12.8
15.7
30.6
18.8
21.0
14.6
9.7