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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Social Indicators


SOCIAL EXPENDITURES

 

Social Expenditure
as a % of GDP

Real per capita
Social Expenditure (1985 US$) [a]

Social Expenditure
as % of Total Public Expenditure

 

 

1980-81

1982-89

1990-94

1980-81

1982-89

1990-93

1980-81

1982-89

1990-94

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High [c]

14.9

14.9

15.1

304.7

276.0

309.1

57.4

43.9

58.2

Argentina

16.8

15.1

16.7

569.9

470.8

516.5

49.0

39.4

63.3

Brazil [b]

9.7

9.4

10.8

159.6

157.5

177.3

46.5

29.7

36.8

Chile

17.7

18.7

14.6

264.5

243.7

260.9

61.7

49.3

63.1

Costa Rica

15.2

15.2

15.9

251.3

230.8

261.1

66.1

51.0

61.5

Uruguay

14.9

16.3

17.5

278.1

277.2

329.6

63.6

50.1

64.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderate [c]

9.6

8.3

7.5

243.7

189.0

171.5

34.9

29.4

36.4

Colombia

7.8

8.1

7.9

91.4

97.9

107.2

33.9

33.7

 

Ecuador

10.3

8.9

6.4

182.9

148.6

105.4

38.8

31.4

36.6

Mexico

8.6

6.8

7.1

224.8

163.0

167.4

31.1

24.9

40.7

Venezuela

11.5

9.5

8.5

475.5

346.5

306.1

35.9

27.6

32.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Low [c]

5.1

4.2

3.3

55.5

41.2

29.3

25.8

19.5

25.2

Bolivia

5.7

4.7

8.8

73.0

49.2

45.0

31.0

23.8

39.0

Paraguay

3.9

4.2

4.8

52.1

52.1

 

37.7

57.5

 

Peru d/

4.5

3.6

2.0

38.0

33.1

13.6

20.6

15.2

15.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regional [c]

11.2

10.6

10.2

237.2

201.7

108.2

43.5

34.2

45.0

 

 

 

Education

Social Security

Housing

 

Real per capita exp.

Real per capita exp.

Real per capita exp.

 

In 1985 US$

%

 

%

In 1985 US$

%

In 1985 US$

%

 

1980-81

1990-93

Change

1990-93

Change

1980-81

Change

1980-81

1990-93

Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

113.5

104.1

-8.3

133.8

-13.1

255.8

-9.1

46.7

40.8

-12.6

Brazil

16.7

20.1

20.7

38.0

27.4

89.4

19.2

23.6

12.5

-46.9

Chile

63.4

52.1

-17.8

43.8

9.5

110.6

9.0

16.8

22.3

32.7

Costa Rica

92.0

78.7

-14.5

120.2

8.2

32.4

68.0

8.6

3.8

-43.4

Uruguay

35.9

36.0

0.5

24.2

29.2

218.9

21.7

0.3

0.4

101.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colombia

13.2

16.5

25.0

16.5

25.0

35.5

39.2

8.5

4.2

-50.6

Ecuador

35.0

24.6

-29.8

24.6

-29.8

51.2

-39.3

 

 

 

Mexico [d]

94.0

80.1

-14.7

80.1

-14.7

 

 

23.5

8.3

-64.9

Venezuela

68.2

54.0

-20.8

54

-20.8

107.7

-16.4

97.3

43.2

-55.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Low

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivia

48.1

29.0

-39.7

13.4

-28.3

 

 

1.3

0.3

-77

Paraguay

17.0

14.3

 

 

 

24.2

 

4.8

 

 

Peru

25.9

10.0

-61.3

3.4

-62.4

0.2

 

2.7

0.1

-96.3

 

Source: ECLAC, Social Panorama of Latin America, 1995; IMF, Government Finance Statistics1994.
Note: The figures are for the latest year for which data were available during each time period.
[a] The values for Bolivia, Venezuela and (to a lesser degree) Colombia appear overestimated, while those for Peru and (to a lesser degree) Brazil appear underestimated owing to the selection of 1985 as the base year.
[b] Underestimated owing to limited institutional coverage.
[c] Unweighted averages. Excludes Paraguay, owing to the change in institutional coverage in 1988.
[d] Housing expenditures in Mexico are classified as urban development.
[e] Health per capita expenditures for 1980-81 for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Ecuador include health care expenditures channeled through the social security system. For Bolivia and Mexico, this amount includes social security.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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