in bolivia urban income is more than double the level in rural areas in brazil honduras nicaragua and panama urban income exceeds rural income by between and in colombia el salvador guatemala and mexico average urban income is between and higher than in rural areas the largest reduction occurred in brazil where the gap narrowed from to thanks to a much larger increase in rural incomes than urban ones which also grew substantially mexico panama and paraguay also report significant reductions in income disparities between areas although partly reflecting a deterioration in real incomes in urban areas