This section presents statistics on poverty, inequality, income and other socio-economic variables for the 25 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean included in the SEDLAC database.

Information taken from this database should be cited as "Source: SEDLAC (CEDLAS and The World Bank)" or "Source: Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEDLAS and The World Bank)". We advise making reference to the date when the database was consulted, as statistics may change.  

We would appreciate if a copy of publications or reports that use the information contained on this site is sent to us for our records to sedlac@cedlas.org 

Updated July 2011