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Average Poverty in Latin America

Londono-Szekely Study

Total Poverty

Extreme Poverty

Head

Millions

Head

Millions

Count

Poverty

FGT (2)

of

Count

Poverty

FGT (2)

of

Ratio

Gap

Index

Persons

Ratio

Gap

Index

Persons

1970

43.6

18.7

11.2

117.1

19.2

6.5

4.0

51.4

1975

36.2

15.5

9.3

110.1

14.8

4.5

3.4

44.9

1980

27.5

11.1

6.9

93.8

10.5

2.6

2.6

36.0

1981

26.6

10.7

5.9

92.8

10.2

3.0

2.9

35.7

1982

23.7

10.2

6.0

84.5

11.2

3.8

2.4

39.9

1983

28.6

12.4

7.0

104.4

12.8

4.2

2.1

46.8

1984

29.0

12.2

6.7

108.1

12.2

3.7

1.9

45.5

1985

28.3

11.3

5.8

107.8

11.4

2.9

1.3

43.3

1986

25.9

10.0

4.9

100.7

12.0

2.3

1.0

46.8

1987

29.0

12.2

6.7

115.2

12.6

3.7

2.3

50.0

1988

32.8

14.2

7.8

132.6

15.3

4.5

2.1

61.9

1989

34.8

15.6

8.8

143.5

17.0

5.4

2.8

70.2

1990

35.2

16.4

9.7

147.9

17.4

6.3

3.6

73.1

1991

33.3

15.5

9.3

142.7

16.1

6.1

3.7

69.2

1992

33.1

15.5

9.4

144.5

16.0

6.3

4.2

69.7

1993

34.1

16.0

9.7

151.7

16.6

6.5

3.9

73.9

1994

33.3

15.7

9.7

150.9

16.4

6.6

4.2

74.4

1995

33.1

15.4

9.2

152.5

16.2

6.1

3.7

74.5

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