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Table 1 Income distribution in Latin American countries (2000–2013).

From: Poverty, vulnerability, and the middle class in Latin America

 

Incidence (%) in 2013 (a)

Variation (pp): 2013–2000 (b)

Extreme poor

Moderate poor

Vulnerable

Middle class

High income

Extreme poor

Moderate poor

Vulnerable

Middle class

High income

ARG

4.0

6.9

34.4

52.5

2.2

−10.9

−8.5

−2.1

21.3

0.2

BOL

19.7

12.8

38.5

28.4

0.6

−23.0

−5.1

12.7

15.8

−0.4

BRA

10.4

10.8

38.4

36.9

3.6

−16.8

−6.1

6.0

15.6

1.3

CHL

3.7

6.6

37.7

45.7

6.3

−6.5

−6.4

−0.9

12.2

1.7

COL

18.6

15.4

36.7

27.2

2.2

−21.5

−4.1

10.0

14.5

1.2

CRI

8.5

10.6

37.7

39.2

4.0

−6.7

−4.3

−2.8

11.0

2.8

DOM

22.7

20.7

38.7

17.2

0.8

−1.3

2.9

3.8

−4.8

−0.6

ECU

13.4

16.4

42.0

26.8

1.4

−27.3

−4.4

14.5

16.7

0.5

GTM

47.7

19.6

25.2

7.3

0.2

0.4

5.5

2.5

−7.0

−1.4

HND

49.5

17.0

24.9

8.5

0.2

2.1

1.5

−0.1

−3.2

−0.3

MEX

19.9

17.6

37.8

23.0

1.7

−3.0

−0.3

0.6

2.5

0.2

NIC

33.0

24.1

33.3

9.3

0.3

−14.3

6.9

9.6

−0.8

−1.3

PAN

15.6

11.1

36.1

34.7

2.6

−8.1

−3.7

2.1

9.4

0.4

PER

19.3

13.7

40.5

25.7

0.8

−15.5

−4.4

6.1

13.4

0.4

PRY

15.9

14.0

38.5

30.1

1.5

−14.7

−0.7

5.2

10.3

−0.2

SLV

21.6

21.2

41.4

15.4

0.3

−8.5

3.1

7.5

−1.9

−0.2

URY

3.9

6.4

32.3

54.5

2.9

−0.9

−2.7

−5.1

8.7

0.0

VEN

10.7

13.8

45.9

29.1

0.6

−20.7

−7.7

9.7

18.3

0.4

Region

15.9

13.7

37.6

30.5

2.3

−12.9

−3.7

5.2

10.9

0.6

  1. (a) Last year is 2012 in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua, and 2011 in Chile. (b) First year is 2001 in Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua and Paraguay
  2. ARG Argentina (only urban), BOL Bolivia, BRA Brazil, CHL Chile, COL Colombia, CRI Costa Rica, DOM Dominican Republic, ECU Ecuador, GTM Guatemala, HND Honduras, MEX Mexico, NIC Nicaragua, PAN Panama, PER Peru, PRY Paraguay, SLV El Salvador, URY Uruguay (only urban), VEN Venezuela