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23 November 2023 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Reports with an Urgent Call for Progress on Labour Inclusion
Despite this improvement in the indicators, more than 180 million people in the region do not have enough income to meet their basic needs and 70 million of them lack the income needed to acquire a basic food basket, the Commission warns in its report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023.
24 November 2022 | Press Release

Poverty Rates in Latin America Remain Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Warns
The Social Panorama 2022 report projects that 201 million people (32.1% of the region’s total population) live in situations of poverty, with 82 million (13.1%) of them in extreme poverty. The regional organization calls for urgently addressing the silent crisis in education to avert the risk of a lost generation.
25 January 2022 | Press Release

Extreme Poverty in the Region Rises to 86 Million in 2021 due to the Deepening of the Social and Health Crisis Prompted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems.
4 March 2021 | Press Release

Pandemic Prompts Rise in Poverty to Levels Unprecedented in Recent Decades and Sharply Affects Inequality and Employment
In a new annual report, ECLAC estimates that the total number of poor people rose to 209 million by the end of 2020, which is 22 million more people than in the previous year. In addition, it calls for creating a new welfare state.
28 November 2019 | Press Release

ECLAC: The Region Has Underestimated Inequality
The economic commission noted that the upward trend for poverty in Latin America held firm and called for resuming the construction of comprehensive and universal social compacts, during the launch of its Social Panorama 2019 report today in Chile.
3 October 2019 | Press Release

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Approved Regional Agenda to Promote Inclusive Social Development
That is the primary outcome of the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a gathering convened by ECLAC, the government of Mexico and the UNDP, which concluded this Thursday in the Mexican capital.
1 October 2019 | Press Release

New Generation of Welfare Policies is Needed to Accelerate Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, Authorities Stress at Regional Conference’s Opening Session
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, led the inauguration of this event.
15 January 2019 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Remained Steady in 2017, but Extreme Poverty Increased to the Highest Level since 2008, while Inequality has Fallen Notably since 2000
ECLAC released its report Social Panorama 2018 today in Chile, including new revisions to the methodology used by the organization to estimate monetary poverty in the region, as well as new measurements on functional inequality, social spending and double labor and social inclusion.
26 January 2015 | Press Release

Poverty and Indigence Reduction Stalls in Most of Latin American Countries
Estimates show that 167 million people were poor in 2014, and 71 million of them suffered extreme poverty or indigence.
21 January 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Present an Overview of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
The Executive Secretary of the regional United Nations organization, Alicia Bárcena, will show the evolution of the main social indicators in a press conference.