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what percent of people in latin america live in chronic poverty
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I can get you a precise number, but I need one clarification first: what do you mean by “chronic poverty”? Common possibilities are
- being below a poverty line continuously for a set period (e.g., poor in every year over a 5‑ or 10‑year panel), or
- being poor in a majority of survey rounds over a multi‑year panel, or
- a statistically defined “persistent poverty” metric used by some studies.
Also, do you mean “Latin America” (Spanish/Portuguese speaking countries in mainland Americas) or “Latin America and the Caribbean”?
Quick summary while you decide:
- There is no single official percent for “chronic poverty” for the whole region because estimates depend strongly on the poverty line, the length of time used to define persistence, and available panel survey data.
- Roughly speaking, academic and policy studies for Latin America typically find chronic/persistent-poverty rates much lower than in Sub‑Saharan Africa and South Asia, often in the single digits to low teens (for typical national poverty lines or global $3.20–$5.50/day lines). Country variation is large — some countries show chronic-poverty rates under 5%, others (especially poorer Central American countries) higher than 10–15% depending on the definition and period.
Where to get exact up‑to‑date numbers:
- SEDLAC (CEDLAS–World Bank) provides poverty panels for many Latin American countries and is the best source for computing persistent poverty across years.
- World Bank’s “Poverty and Shared Prosperity” reports, ECLAC (CEPAL) reports, and IDB studies also publish estimates or methods.
- Academic papers on “chronic poverty in Latin America” often cite country panels and specify the persistence definition they use.
If you tell me:
- which exact definition/timeframe you want (e.g., poor in every year over 2008–2018; poor in at least 50% of survey rounds; or using national vs. global poverty line), and
- whether you want the whole region or a specific set of countries,
I’ll give a targeted estimate and cite the best available sources or explain how to compute it from SEDLAC data.
- being below a poverty line continuously for a set period (e.g., poor in every year over a 5‑ or 10‑year panel), or
- being poor in a majority of survey rounds over a multi‑year panel, or
- a statistically defined “persistent poverty” metric used by some studies.
Also, do you mean “Latin America” (Spanish/Portuguese speaking countries in mainland Americas) or “Latin America and the Caribbean”?
Quick summary while you decide:
- There is no single official percent for “chronic poverty” for the whole region because estimates depend strongly on the poverty line, the length of time used to define persistence, and available panel survey data.
- Roughly speaking, academic and policy studies for Latin America typically find chronic/persistent-poverty rates much lower than in Sub‑Saharan Africa and South Asia, often in the single digits to low teens (for typical national poverty lines or global $3.20–$5.50/day lines). Country variation is large — some countries show chronic-poverty rates under 5%, others (especially poorer Central American countries) higher than 10–15% depending on the definition and period.
Where to get exact up‑to‑date numbers:
- SEDLAC (CEDLAS–World Bank) provides poverty panels for many Latin American countries and is the best source for computing persistent poverty across years.
- World Bank’s “Poverty and Shared Prosperity” reports, ECLAC (CEPAL) reports, and IDB studies also publish estimates or methods.
- Academic papers on “chronic poverty in Latin America” often cite country panels and specify the persistence definition they use.
If you tell me:
- which exact definition/timeframe you want (e.g., poor in every year over 2008–2018; poor in at least 50% of survey rounds; or using national vs. global poverty line), and
- whether you want the whole region or a specific set of countries,
I’ll give a targeted estimate and cite the best available sources or explain how to compute it from SEDLAC data.
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