About SEDLAC
This web site includes statistics on poverty and other distributional and social variables from all Latin American and several Caribbean (LAC) countries. All statistics are computed from microdata from major household surveys carried out in these countries using a homogenous methodology (data permitting). Statistics are updated periodically.
SEDLAC allows users to monitor trends in poverty and other distributional and social indicators in the region. The dataset is available as Excel tables with information for each country/year, accompanied by graphs, maps, and reports.
SEDLAC is an ongoing project. We are grateful to all comments and suggestions for improving the database.
The Center for Distributional, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS) of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, in partnership with World Bank’s Poverty and Equity Group, have developed the Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEDLAC) with the purpose of improving the timely access to key socio-economic statistics, including indicators on poverty, inequality, income, employment, access to services, education, health, housing, social programs, and numerous demographics.
SEDLAC has initially benefited from the Program for the Improvement of Surveys and the Measurement of Living Conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean (MECOVI), which contributed to the improvement of the multipurpose household surveys in the LAC region. The World Bank Team for Statistical Development provides the databases used in SEDLAC.
SEDLAC is continually updated and improved based on the feedback from users. Please write us at sedlac@cedlas.org. Consistency checks with other national or international sources of socio-economic statistics are conducted regularly.
Through its support for this project, CEDLAS-FCE-UNLP and the World Bank facilitate policy relevant research, contribute to the development of the region´s analytical capacity, and promote research that contributes to the reduction of poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The SEDLAC team is grateful to statistical institutes from all countries represented in the database for providing access to household survey microdata.
Unless otherwise noted, the estimated indicators are not official estimates of the countries or The World Bank.
SEDLAC es un proyecto conjunto de CEDLAS-UNLP y del Grupo de Pobreza y Equidad del Banco Mundial.
El equipo de CEDLAS es dirigido por Leopoldo Tornarolli y Leonardo Gasparini, y comprende el siguiente grupo de investigadores de CEDLAS a cargo de procesar y analizar las encuestas nacionales:
Argentina
Leopoldo Tornarolli
ltornarolli@cedlas.org
Luis Laguinge
llaguinge@cedlas.org
Bahamas
Leopoldo Tornarolli
ltornarolli@cedlas.org
Belice
Santiago Garganta
sgarganta@cedlas.org
Bolivia
Mariana Viollaz
mviollaz@cedlas.org
Brazil
Leopoldo Tornarolli
ltornarolli@cedlas.org
Colombia
Carolina García Domench
cgarcia@cedlas.org
Laura Carella
lcarella@cedlas.org
Costa Rica
Pablo Glüzmann
pgluzmann@cedlas.org
Chile
Andrés Cesar
acesar@cedlas.org
Ecuador
Jessica Bracco
jbracco@cedlas.org
El Salvador
Ana Pacheco
apacheco@cedlas.org
Guatemala
Carolina García Domench
cgarcia@cedlas.org
Guyana
Leopoldo Tornarolli
ltornarolli@cedlas.org
Haiti
Leopoldo Tornarolli
ltornarolli@cedlas.org
Honduras
Santiago Garganta
sgarganta@cedlas.com
Jamaica
Leopoldo Tornarolli
ltornarolli@cedlas.org
México
Carolina García Domench
cgarcia@cedlas.org
Nicaragua
Malena Arcidiácono
marcidiacono@cedlas.org
Panama
Santiago Garganta
sgarganta@cedlas.org
Paraguay
Matías Ciaschi
mciaschi@cedlas.org
Peru
Emmanuel Vazquez
evazquez@cedlas.org
Dominican Republic
Guillermo Falcone
gfalcone@cedlas.org
Surinam
Mariana Viollaz
mviollaz@cedlas.org
Uruguay
Lucía Ramírez
lramirez@cedlas.org
Venezuela
Leopoldo Tornarolli
ltornarolli@cedlas.org
DIRECTORS
Leopoldo Tornarolli
ltornarolli@cedlas.org
Leonardo Gasparini
lgasparini@cedlas.org