Table 6 Geographic profile of poverty in Latin America (2000–2013), region aggregate.
From: Poverty, vulnerability, and the middle class in Latin America
2000 | 2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | Total | Urban | Rural | Total | |
Panel A—Incidence | ||||||
Extreme poor | 19.1 | 55.4 | 28.8 | 9.8 | 34.8 | 15.9 |
Moderate poor | 17.0 | 18.3 | 17.4 | 12.2 | 19.4 | 13.7 |
Vulnerable | 37.1 | 20.0 | 32.4 | 39.6 | 32.5 | 37.6 |
Middle class | 24.6 | 6.0 | 19.6 | 35.5 | 12.9 | 30.5 |
High income | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Panel B—geographic distribution | ||||||
Extreme poor | 46.4 | 53.6 | 100 | 42.3 | 57.7 | 100 |
Moderate poor | 70.0 | 30.0 | 100 | 62.0 | 38.0 | 100 |
Vulnerable | 82.2 | 17.8 | 100 | 77.7 | 22.3 | 100 |
Middle class | 91.0 | 9.0 | 100 | 89.7 | 10.3 | 100 |
High income | 92.7 | 7.3 | 100 | 95.9 | 4.1 | 100 |
% of the population | 71.6 | 28.4 | 100 | 73.7 | 26.3 | 100 |