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Incidence of Poverty

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Households below the Poverty Line (%) a/

Households below the Indigence Line (%)

Urban Areas

Urban Areas

Urban Areas

Urban Areas

Metropol-

Other

Rural

Metropol-

Other

Rural

Total

Total

itan Areas

Urban Areas

Areas

Total

Total

itan Areas

Urban Areas

Areas

Argentina

1980

9

7

5

9

16

2

2

1

2

4

1986

13

12

9

15

17

4

3

3

4

6

1990

..

..

16

..

..

..

..

4

..

..

1992

..

..

10

..

..

..

..

1

..

..

1994

..

12

10

16

..

..

2

2

3

..

Bolivia

1989

..

49

..

..

..

..

22

..

..

..

1992

..

45

..

..

..

..

18

..

..

..

1994

..

41

..

..

..

..

14

..

..

..

Brazil b/

1979

39

30

21

34

62

17

10

6

12

35

1987

40

34

24

37

60

18

13

8

16

34

1990

42

37

28

41

55

19

16

9

19

30

1993

41

39

31

41

51

19

16

11

18

30

Chile c/

1987

39

38

33

41

45

14

14

11

15

17

1990

33

33

28

37

34

11

10

8

11

12

1992

28

28

21

31

28

7

7

5

8

8

1994

23

23

17

26

26

6

6

4

7

8

1996

20

19

12

22

26

5

4

2

5

8

Colombia d/

1980

39

36

30

37

45

16

13

10

14

22

1986

38

36

31

37

42

17

15

11

16

22

1990

..

35

..

..

..

..

12

..

..

..

1992

..

38

..

..

..

..

15

..

..

..

1993

49

42

39

43

60

27

17

15

18

40

1994

47

41

35

43

57

25

16

12

18

38

Costa Rica

1981

22

16

15

17

28

6

5

5

6

8

1988

25

21

19

22

28

8

6

5

6

10

1990

24

22

20

25

25

10

7

5

9

12

1992

25

25

22

29

25

10

8

7

9

12

1994

21

18

16

21

23

8

6

4

7

10

Guatemala

1980

65

41

26

52

79

33

13

5

19

44

1986

68

54

45

59

75

43

28

20

31

53

1990

..

..

..

..

72

..

..

..

..

45

Honduras

1986

71

53

..

..

81

51

28

..

..

64

1990

75

65

..

..

84

54

38

..

..

66

1992

73

66

..

..

79

50

38

..

..

59

1994

73

70

..

..

76

49

41

..

..

55

Mexico

1984

34

28

..

..

45

11

7

..

..

20

1989

39

34

..

..

49

14

9

..

..

23

1992

36

30

..

..

46

12

7

..

..

20

1994

36

29

..

..

47

12

6

..

..

20

Panama

1979

36

31

27

42

45

19

14

12

19

27

1986

34

30

27

41

43

16

13

11

19

22

1989

38

34

32

42

48

18

15

14

20

25

1991

36

34

32

40

43

16

14

14

15

21

1994

30

25

23

35

41

12

9

8

13

20

Paraguay

1986

..

..

46

..

..

..

..

16

..

..

1990

..

..

37

..

..

..

..

10

..

..

1992

..

..

36

..

..

..

..

13

..

..

Peru

1979

46

35

29

41

65

21

12

9

15

37

1986

52

45

37

53

64

25

16

11

22

39

Uruguay

1981

11

9

6

13

21

3

2

1

3

7

1986

15

14

9

19

23

3

3

2

4

8

1990

..

12

7

17

..

..

2

1

3

..

1992

..

8

4

12

..

..

1

1

2

..

1994

..

6

4

7

..

..

1

1

1

..

Venezuela

1981

22

18

12

20

35

7

5

3

6

15

1986

27

25

16

28

34

9

8

4

9

14

1990

34

33

25

36

38

12

11

7

12

17

1992

33

32

21

35

36

11

10

6

12

16

1994

42

41

21

46

48

15

14

4

16

23

Latin America f/

9

..

..

28

1986

37

30

..

..

53

17

11

..

..

30

1990

41

36

..

..

56

18

13

..

..

33

1994

39

34

..

..

55

17

12

..

..

33

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