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


 

Latin America and the Caribbean: Average Real Wages

Average annual indexes (1990=100)

Country

1980

1985

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995 (a)

Argentina (b)

130.0

135.7

95.5

100.0

101.3

102.7

101.0

102.0

100.9

Bolivia (c)

 

64.9

97.6

100.0

93.4

97.1

103.6

111.8

115.2

Brazil (d)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rio de Janeiro

94.0

96.2

111.9

100.0

79.3

79.5

85.7

87.1

87.9

San Paulo

88.6

93.8

111.7

100.0

88.3

85.3

94.6

98.0

98.2

Chile (e)

95.4

89.3

98.2

100.0

104.9

109.6

113.5

118.8

123.3

Colombia (f)

85.0

97.4

101.3

100.0

97.4

98.6

103.2

104.1

104.2

Costa Rica (g)

115.6

106.6

98.4

100.0

95.4

99.3

109.6

113.8

111.5

Mexico (h)

128.3

97.4

96.5

100.0

106.5

114.3

124.5

129.1

112.6

Peru (i)

309.3

250.2

114.5

100.0

115.2

111.1

110.2

127.4

122.6

Uruguay (j)

108.5

95.5

107.9

100.0

103.8

106.1

111.2

112.2

109.1

Annual Percentage Variation

Argentina (b)

 

 

-19.1

4.7

1.3

1.4

-1.7

1.0

-1.1

Bolivia (c)

 

 

5.7

2.5

-6.6

4.0

6.7

7.9

3.0

Brazil (d)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rio de Janeiro

 

 

1.9

-10.6

-20.7

0.3

7.8

1.6

0.9

San Paulo

 

 

3.4

-10.5

-11.7

-3.4

10.9

3.6

0.2

Chile (e)

 

 

2.0

1.8

4.9

4.5

3.6

4.7

3.8

Colombia (f)

 

 

1.3

-1.3

-2.6

1.2

4.7

0.9

0.1

Costa Rica (g)

 

 

0.6

1.6

-4.6

4.1

10.2

3.8

-2.0

Mexico (h)

 

 

4.8

3.6

6.5

7.3

8.9

3.7

-13.2

Peru (i)

 

 

-45.1

-12.7

15.2

-3.6

-0.8

15.6

-3.8

Uruguay (j)

 

 

-0.4

-7.3

3.8

2.2

4.8

0.9

-2.8

 

Source: ECLAC, on the basis of official figures.

(a) Preliminary figures.
(b) Average total wages in manufacturing; 1995: January-October average.
(c) Wages of workers in private enterprise enterprise in La Paz; 1995: Average of March and June.
(d) Wages of workers covered by social and labor legislation; 1995: January-July average.
(e) Until April 1993, average wages of non-agricultural wage-earners; from May 1993 onwards, general index of hourly wages; 1995: January-September average.
(f) Wages of manual workers in manufacturing; 1995: January-May average.
(g) Average remuneration declared by persons covered by the social security system; 1995: January-April average.
(h) Average wages in manufacturing; 1995: January-July average.
(i) Wages of private-sector manual workers in the Lima metropolitan area; 1995: first half of the year.
(j) Average salaries; 1995: January-October average.

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


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