Income distribution
Activities
Seminar on reconciliation of information sources for the measurement of income distribution
This seminar is held in hybrid format (in-person and virtual) on 12 October 2023, at the ECLAC headquarters. The construction of the household account...
News
Income Concentration is Still Extreme in Latin America: The Wealthiest 10% Obtains 34.2% of Total In...
The annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 examines the trap of high inequality, low social mobility and weak social co...
ECLAC: The Regional Poverty Rate, which Rose with the Pandemic, Has Declined to a Level Similar to 2...
Despite this progress, 172 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean still do not have enough income to meet their basic needs and 66 million ...
HLPF side-event Critical Energy Transition Minerals to accelerate progress towards the SDGs
Inaugural remarks by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the HLPF side-event co-led by UN Regional Economic Commissions, g...
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 milli...