Die Armut in Lateinamerika hat sich seit 2008 nahezu halbiert
Between 2008 and 2023, multidimensional poverty in Latin America fell significantly—from 45.8% to 25.4%.
This steady decline, averaging 1.4% per year, was only interrupted in 2020 due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Progress in internet access, adult education, and sanitation were key drivers of this improvement, according to the Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America (MPI-LA).
Am niedrigsten ist die Armut in Chile, Costa Rica und Uruguay.
Am höchsten in Bolivien, El Salvador und Honduras.
The MPI-LA complements traditional income-based measures by incorporating four key dimensions of well-being: housing, health, education, and employment.
It goes further by including indicators like job quality, access to social protection, exclusion from the workforce due to unpaid domestic work, and internet connectivity—representing a significant advance toward a more comprehensive measurement of poverty, adapted to the region’s specific realities.