Socioeconomic inequalities in Latin America: recent trends in the distribution of income and wealth

Inequality has been a long-standing structural characteristic of Latin American and Caribbean societies, which has been maintained and reproduced even in periods of economic growth and prosperity. Significant progress has been made in reducing inequality in the past decade, as reported in successive editions of Social Panorama of Latin America; nonetheless high levels of economic and social inequality persist. Latin America and the Caribbean remains the world’s most unequal region, ahead of sub-Saharan Africa, with an average Gini coefficient that is nearly a third higher than in Europe and Central Asia.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Decent Work and Economic Growth

Reduced Inequalities