Tag: poverty index

• Friday, September 27th 2024 - 14:50 UTC

  More than half of Argentines have fallen into poverty

  

  According to a report from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec), released Thursday, poverty in Argentina rose to 52.9% in the first half of 2024, affecting nearly around 25 million people, while indigence stood at 18.1% (8.5 million). These figures represented a significant setback from the 41.7% (19.5 million people) poverty rate from the second half of 2023. The Indigence Index measures people whose income is not even enough to buy the minimum amount of food for subsistence.

• Monday, December 12th 2011 - 04:27 UTC

  Chile with the worst OECD indexes; income ratio between rich and poor 27 to 1

  

  According to a new study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, income inequality in most economically developed countries is the worst it has been in nearly 25 years. Ten countries from the OECD report, particularly Chile are identified as having the worst income inequality.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:59 UTC

  Latin America has diminished poverty indexes but deep inequality gaps remain

  

  Latin America has experienced significant advances in the reduction of poverty but has barely improved the deep social inequalities that limit its development according to Heraldo Muñoz, head of the regional UN Program for Development.