Table A2: Poverty by geographic location (USD-2.5-a-day poverty line) Country
Urban
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dom Rep Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Rural
8.4
‌
21.5
56.8
12.7
30.8
4.9
7.6
30.8
57.3
5.3
11.9
17.7
40.9
10.8
33.1
8.5
36.2
29.6
61.0
21.2
52.2
8.8
32.2
25.3
64.6
9.9
43.8
10.2
32.5
6.5
45.9
3.7
1.9
19.8
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Source: SEDLAC based on most recent household survey
Table A3: Poverty and household size for youth and elderly Country
% youth in bottom quintile*
% elderly in bottom quintile**
household household % of households size for size for with a member youth* elderly* older than 60
Brazil
32.6%
3.9%
4.7
4.0
28.3%
Argentina
32.6%
5.9%
5.1
3.7
34.8%
Uruguay
30.9%
6.3%
4.6
3.1
40.9%
Panama
29.6%
10.7%
5.8
5.3
30.1%
Peru
26.1%
12.2%
5.6
5.0
33.4%
Chile
24.2%
12.5%
4.9
4.2
38.1%
Guyana
26.6%
14.5%
5.6
5.2
19.5%
El Salvador
22.5%
14.7%
5.5
5.1
31.4%
Costa Rica
28.7%
15.3%
4.9
4.2
27.4%
Venezuela
24.6%
15.5%
5.8
5.7
26.8%
Jamaica
16.3%
15.6%
5.7
4.6
34.0%
Honduras
24.0%
16.0%
6.1
5.8
29.0%
Guatemala
24.4%
17.3%
6.5
5.9
24.2%
Paraguay
23.2%
19.2%
5.9
5.3
29.5%
Ecuador
25.5%
19.3%
5.5
4.8
30.3%
Colombia
24.6%
19.6%
5.1
4.7
26.8%
Mexico
26.2%
19.7%
5.5
5.0
28.5%
Dom Rep
26.7%
21.5%
5.0
4.6
26.9%
Bolivia
20.0%
23.1%
5.5
4.8
23.4%
*Youth are household members aged <=18 ** Elderly are household members aged >=65 Income quintile is based on per capita household income Source: IDB staff calculations based on the Sociometro database for LAC (IDB) Note:
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