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Table 2 Categorization of Latin American countries, by income distribution and poverty reduction (2000–2013).

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

Between 2000 and 2013

Cut poverty by less than 25 %

Cut poverty by between 25 and 50 %

Cut poverty by more than half

In 2013

 Mostly poor

DOM, GTM, HND, NIC, SLV

  

 Mostly vulnerable

MEX

BOL, COL, PER, PRY

ECU, VEN

 Mostly middle class or high income

 

CRI, PAN, URU

ARG, BRA, CHL

  1. 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