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Figure I.1
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (19 COUNTRIES): POVERTY AND INDIGENCE, 1980-<strong>20</strong>11 a
(Percentages and millions of persons)
60
250
50
48.4
<strong>20</strong>0
<strong>20</strong>4
215
225
Percentages
40
30
<strong>20</strong>
10
40.5
18.6
22.6
43.8 43.9
18.6
19.3
33.2 33.0
31.4 30.4
12.8 13.1 12.3 12.8
Millions of persons
150
100
50
136
62
95
91
99
183 184 177
71 73 70
174
73
0
1980 1990 1999 <strong>20</strong>02 <strong>20</strong>08 <strong>20</strong>09 <strong>20</strong>10 <strong>20</strong>11
0
1980 1990 1999 <strong>20</strong>02 <strong>20</strong>08 <strong>20</strong>09 <strong>20</strong>10 <strong>20</strong>11
Indigent
Non-indigent poor
Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), on the basis of special tabulations of data from
household surveys conducted in the respective countries.
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Estimate for 18 countries of the region plus Haiti. The figures above the bars represent the percentage and total number of
poor persons (indigent plus non-indigent poor), respectively. The figures for <strong>20</strong>11 are projections.
Figure I.2
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT
AND GINI COEFFICIENT, AROUND 1990 AND MOST RECENT YEAR
(Gini coefficient x 100 and percentages)
1989/1992
53.8
Employment Unemployment Gini
<strong>20</strong>06/<strong>20</strong>09
1990
<strong>20</strong>10
1991
<strong>20</strong>08
7.9
7.6
52.0
53.1
58.3
0 10 <strong>20</strong> 30 40 50 60 70
Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), CEPALSTAT database.