Poverty Line(1) Indigency Line(2)
Country Year Country Urban Rural Country Urban Rural
Argentina 1990 16 4
1994 10 2
1997 13 3
Bolivia 1990 47 20
1994 46 17
1997 44 16
Brazil 1990 41 36 64 18 13 38
1993 37 33 53 15 12 30
1996 29 25 46 11 8 23
Chile 1990 33 33 34 11 10 12
1994 24 24 26 7 6 8
1996 20 19 26 5 4 8
Colombia 1990 35 12
1994 47 41 57 25 16 38
1997 45 39 54 20 15 29
Costa Rica 1990 24 22 25 10 7 12
1994 21 18 23 8 6 10
1997 20 17 23 7 5 9
Ecuador 1990 56 23
1994 52 22
1997 50 19
El Salvador 1995 48 40 58 18 12 27
1997 48 39 62 19 12 28
Guatemala 1989 63 48 72 37 23 45
Honduras 1990 75 65 84 54 38 66
1994 73 70 76 49 41 55
1997 74 67 80 48 35 59
Mexico 1989 39 34 49 14 9 23
1994 36 29 47 12 6 20
1996 43 38 53 16 10 25
Nicaragua 1997 66 36
Panama 1991 36 34 43 16 14 21
1994 30 25 41 12 9 20
1997 27 25 34 10 9 14
Paraguay 1990 37 10
1994 42 15
1996 40 13
Perú 1997 37 25 61 18 7 41
Dom. Rep 1997 32 32 34 13 11 15
Uruguay 1990 12 2
1994 6 1
1997 6 1
Venezuela 1990 34 33 38 12 11 17
1994 42 41 48 15 14 23
1997 42 17
Lat. Am. 1994 38 32 56 16 11 34
1997 36 30 54 15 10 31
(1)= % of households below poverty line (income is not enough to buy a consumption basket)
(2)= % of households below inigency line (income is not enough to cover min. nutritional requierments)
Hope this starts come interesting discussion.
Juan