Income Distribution Latin America
Income distribution in latin america.
Income distribution latin america. United nations 1973 subject. The evolution in the last 20 years. Evidence from the last decade and prospects for the future. The income distribution problem in latin america and the caribbean samuel a.
Economic commission for latin america publisher. Wealth inequality based on income concentration by country 2018 gini index for income distribution equality for u s. A higher gini index is indicative of a more unequal distribution of income. A global approach.
On average the national gross income amounted to around 31 8. While latin america has historically been considered a region of very high inequality the performance of most latin american countries in terms of reduction. The dataset on income distribution in latin america was developed in the context of the new policy model inequality and poverty in latin america. The idla database compiles published statistical information useful for the analysis of income distribution in the latin america region over the last two decades a period marked by important changes in the field of income inequality as well as in those of macroeconomic taxation labour.
The study was undertaken because of the significance of these issues and the paucity of statistical information on recent trends in the region. Households 1990 2019 gini index for income distribution equality. Income distribution in latin america author. Psacharopoulos seorge psacharopoulos.
Income inequality in latin america 1981 to 2017. The chart clearly shows that for this period there was general improvement in income distribution. The latin american average weighted by population declined from 43 0 in 2002 to 29 8 in 2012. This report presents the findings of a regional study on poverty and income distribution in latin america and the caribbean.
Moreover the impact that the economic recession of the 1980s had on the poor. The story of the 1980s george psacharopoulos. In 2019 six caribbean nations were the countries with the highest gross national income per capita in latin america and the caribbean. Get pdf 2 mb abstract.
Proverty and income distribution in latin america.