Since 2005, indigenous was the ethnicity in Latin America, by far, with the highest share of population living in poverty. In 2021, 30 percent of the afro-descendant population had an average per capita income below the poverty line, meanwhile, the share of indigenous people living under the poverty line was more than double that, at 46.3 percent. Furthermore, afro-descendants are the ethnic group that has experience the largest poverty reduction throughout the analyzed period.
Share of population living in poverty in Latin America from 2005 to 2021, by ethnicity
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (December 19, 2022). Share of population living in poverty in Latin America from 2005 to 2021, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288462/share-population-living-poverty-by-ethnicity-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Share of population living in poverty in Latin America from 2005 to 2021, by ethnicity." Chart. December 19, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288462/share-population-living-poverty-by-ethnicity-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2022). Share of population living in poverty in Latin America from 2005 to 2021, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288462/share-population-living-poverty-by-ethnicity-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Share of Population Living in Poverty in Latin America from 2005 to 2021, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288462/share-population-living-poverty-by-ethnicity-latin-america/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Share of population living in poverty in Latin America from 2005 to 2021, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288462/share-population-living-poverty-by-ethnicity-latin-america/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Share of population living in poverty in Latin America from 2005 to 2021, by ethnicity [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, December 19, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288462/share-population-living-poverty-by-ethnicity-latin-america/