slightly increasing the share of the 15 to 64 y.o. cohort, somewhat more educated, work mainly in services, and a little bit more as salaried workers. Finally, the profiles for the middle-class population were not statistically affected by these changes.

Table 5. Profile of the Poor

|||**Po**|**ver**|**ty $ **|**5.**|**5**|**(2011**|**PP**|**P)**||**Po**|**verty**|**$6.**|**85**|**(2 **|**017**|**P**|**PP)**||||**Dif**|**f**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2015 2**|**016 **|**20**|**17**||**2018 **|**201**|**9 **|**2020**|**2015 **|**2016 **|**201**|**7 **|**201**|**8 2**|**01**|**9 2**|**020**|**2015 201**|**6 **|**2017 **|**2018 **|**2019 2020**|
|**% Population**||25.1|25.3|24|.6||24.2|23.|8|24.0|29.9|30.0|29.|5|28.|9 2|8|.4|28.6|5|5|5|5|5<br>5|
|**Area**|Urbano|59|59||59||59|6|0|62|61|61|6|1|6|1|6|3|64|2|2|3|2|2<br>2|
||Rural|41|41||41||41|4|0|38|39|39|3|9|3|9|3|7|36|-2<br>-|2|-3|-2|-2<br>-2|
|**Gndr**|Males|48|48||48||48|4|8|48|48|48|4|8|4|8|4|8|48|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**ee**|Females|52|52||52||52|5|2|52|52|52|5|2|5|2|5|2|52|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||0-14 Years Old|39|39||38||38|3|7|37|38|38|3|7|3|7|3|6|36|-1<br>-|1|-1|-1|-1<br>-1|
|**Age Group**|15-64 Years Old|56|57||57||57|5|8|59|57|58|5|8|5|8|5|9|59|1|1|1|1|1<br>1|
||65 and older|5|4||5||5||5|5|5|5||5||5||5|5|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Years of education|5|5||5||5||5|6|5|5||5||5||5|6|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Less than primary|57|57||57||56|5|4|48|56|56|5|6|5|5|5|3|48|-1<br>-|1|-1|-1|-1<br>0|
|**Education**|Primary & less than secondary|32|31||31||31|3|2|34|31|31|3|1|3|1|3|1|33|0|0|0|0|0<br>-1|
||Secondary|10|11||11||12|1|3|15|12|12|1|3|1|3|1|4|16|1|1|1|1|1<br>1|
||Tertiary|1|1||1||1||1|2|1|1||1||1||1|2|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Agriculture|39|39||39||38|3|7|38|35|35|3|5|3|5|3|4|36|-3<br>-|3|-3|-3|-3<br>-3|
|**Sectors**|Industry|20|19|1|9||19|1|9|19|20|20|2|0|2|0|2|0|19|1|1|1|1|1<br>0|
||Services|42|42|4|2||42|4|4|43|45|45|4|5|4|5|4|6|45|3|3|3|3|2<br>2|
||Employers|5|5||5||5||5|6|5|4|4|||5||5|5|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Salaried workers|42|40|3|9||39|3|9|37|44|43|41||4|1|4|1|39|3|2|3|2|2<br>2|
|**Type of worker**|Self-employed|30|30|3|0||30|2|9|29|29|29|29||2|9|2|9|28|-1<br>-|1|-1|-1|0<br>-1|
||Not salaried|11|11|1|1||11|11||12|10|10|10||1|0|1|0|11|-1<br>-|1|-1|-1|-1<br>-1|
||Unemployed|12|14||16||15|1|6|17|11|14|1|5|1|5|1|6|17|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**Household**|Average hh size|5|5||5||5||5|5|5|5||5||5||5|5|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**characteristics and**|Access to electricity (%)|97|98||98||98|9|8|97|98|98|9|8|9|8|9|8|98|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**access to services**|Accessto improved water(%)|87|89||89||90|9|0|90|88|90|9|0|9|1|9|1|90|1|1|1|1|1<br>1|

Source: SEDLAC (World Bank and CEDLAS).

Note: Note: Since the numbers presented here are based on SEDLAC, a regional data harmonization effort that increases cross-country comparability, they may differ from official statistics reported by governments and national statistical offices. The LAC aggregate is based on 18 countries in the region for which microdata are available. In cases where data are unavailable for a given country in a given year, values have been interpolated using WDI data or using microsimulations to calculate regional measures. Type of employment and sector limited to working individuals ages 15–64.

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