Charts contained in the Progress Report on MDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean 2008 Information developed for the ECLACs MDG website

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Table 1

(indicator 1C)

Incidence of extreme poverty as per natinal poverty lines Latin American Countries. By 1990, 1997, 2002, and 2005

(in percentage)

Countries

Argentina (a) Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Dominican Republic Uruguay Venezuela (Bolivariana Rep.)

Year of estimates

1990, 1997, 2002, 2005 1989, 1997, 2002, 2004 1990, 1996, 2001, 2005 23.4

1990, 1996, 2000, 2003 13 1991, 1997, 2002, 2005 26.1

1990, 1997, 2002, 2005 1990, 1997, 2002, 2005 9.9

1995, 1997, 2001, 2004 21.7

1989, 1998, 2002 42 1990, 1997, 2002, 2003 60.9

1989, 1996, 2002, 2005 18.7

1993, 1998, 2001 1991 y 1997, 2002, 2005 48.4

1994 y 1996, 2001, 2005 1997, 2001, 2003 2002, 2004 1990, 1997, 2002, 2005

Subregions (b)

Central America, Panama, and Dominican Republic 1990, 1997, 2002, 2005 Andean Countries Latin America 1990, 1997, 2002, 2006 1990, 1997, 2002, 2007

1990

1990, 1997, 2002, 2005 14.4

22.5

1997

37.2

13.9

5.7

23.5

7.8

23.3

31.6

54.4

22 44.6

25.1

20.5

27.9

24.2

19

2002

37.1

13.2

5.6

24.6

8.2

22.1

54.4

12.6

42.4

17.4

33.2

24.4

20.3

22.2

2005

34.7

10.6

4.7

20.2

7 19 30.9

53.9

11.7

15.7

32.1

21.6

24.6

15.9

27.5

25.1

19.4

27.6

20.5

15.4

Source: León, Arturo (2008). Progresos en la Reducción de la Pobreza Extrema en América Latina. Dimensiones y políticas para el análisis de la primera meta del Milenio. Statistical Annex, chart 4.

Chart 1

(Supplementary Indicator)

Gini Index Latin American countries, 12 countries. 2000, 2006

(Index) 0.65

0.6

0.55

0.5

0.45

0.4

2000 2006 Source: ECLAC based on BADEINSO, Social indicators and statistics. Information download: September, 2008.

64 62 60 58 56

Chart 2

(indicator 1.5)

Employment to Population ratio. Population aged 15 and over Latin America compared to the world. 1996 - 2006

(percentage)

62.6

61.5

58.4

55.9

59.9

56.5

Latin America and the Caribbean Developed economies and European Union World 54 52 1996 2006 Source: ILO, International Labour Organization: Trends Labour Force Model (Key indicators of the Labor market - KILM)

62 60 58 56 54 52 64

Chart 3

(indicator 1.5)

Employment to Population Ratio. Population aged 15 and over Latin America compared to the world. Evolution 1996 - 2006

(percentage)

World Latin America and the Caribbean Developed economies and European Union 1996 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Source: ECLAC based on ILO, International Labour Organization: Trends Labour Force Model (Key indicators of the Labor market - KILM)

15 10 5 0 30 25 20 12.1

Chart 4

. (indicator 1.6)

Proportion of population in wate employment < US$1 PPP

Latin America compared to the world. Evolution 1996 - 2006

(percentage)

25.0

20.9

19.8

18.7

17.9

16.7

11.4

10.7

9.8

9.1

8.0

1996 2002 2003 2004 2005 Latin America and the Caribbean World Source: ECLAC based on ILO, International Labour Organization: Trends Labour Force Model (Key indicators of the Labor market - KILM) 2006

Chart 5

(indicator 1.8)

Prevalence of underweight children under-five years od age Latin American and the Caribbean countries. (From1994 to 1999) and (from 2000 to 2004)*

(percentage)

From 1994 to 1999

Chile Cuba Venezuela Dominican Republic Trinidad and Tobago Colombia Peru Bolivia Nicaragua El Salvador Suriname Guyana Honduras Haiti Guatemala

From 2000 to 2004

Jamaica Uruguay Paraguay Costa Rica Argentina Brazil Mexico Panama Ecuador 0.0

2.5

5.0

7.5

10.0

(%)

12.5

15.0

17.5

20.0

22.5

25.0

Notes:

* Data comes from Household surveys conducted in the countries in the following years: Argentina: 1995 - 1996; Bolivia, El Salvador: 2003 - 2004; Brazil: 1996 Chile: 2004; Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Haiti, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela: 2000; Costa Rica: 1996; Ecuador, Jamaica: 1999; Guatemala, Dominican Republic: 2002; Honduras, Nicaragua: 2001; Mexico: 1998-1999; Panama: 1997; Paraguay: 1998; Uruguay: 1994 - 1995. Source: ECLAC based on: WHO, World Health Organization. 2006. Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Information download: September, 2008.

(% ) 40 30 20 10 0 70 60 50

Chart 6

(Indicator 1.9)

Proportion of Population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption Latin American and the Caribbean countries

(percentage)

1990-1992 2002-2004 Preliminary

Notes:

2.5 value = or < 2.5.

Source: ECLAC based on: FAO Statistic Division. FAOSTAT Online database. Information download: September, 2008.