# Table 6. Profile of the Vulnerable

|||**Vuln**|**era**|**bl**|**e$5**|**.5-$**|**13(2 **|**011 P**|**PP)**|**Vulner**|**able**|**$6.85-**|**$14(2 **|**017 P**|**PP)**||||**Dif**|**f**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2015 **|**201**|**6 **|**201**|**7 2**|**018 2**|**019 **|**2020**|**2015 2**|**016 **|**2017 2**|**018 **|**2019 **|**2020**|**2015 **|**20**|**16 **|**2017 **|**201**|**8 2**|**019 2020**|
|**% Population**||36.7|36.|5|36.|5|36.6|36.1|37.7|31.4 3|1.1|31.1|31.2|30.8|32.6|-5.2|-5|.4|-5.4|-5.|4<br>-|5.3<br>-5.1|
|**Area**|Urbano|80|8|0|8|0|80|80|80|82|81|81|81|80|81|1||1|1||1|1<br>1|
||Rural|20|2|0|2|0|20|20|20|18|19|19|19|20|19|-1||-1|-1|-|1|-1<br>-1|
|**Gender**|Males|48|4|8|4|9|48|48|48|48|48|48|48|48|48|0||0|0||0|0<br>0|
||Females|52|5|2|5|1|52|52|52|52|52|52|52|52|52|0||0|0|0||0<br>0|
||0-14 Years Old|28|2|7|2|7|27|26|26|27|26|26|26|26|25|-1||-1|-1|-1||-1<br>-1|
|**Age Group**|15-64 Years Old|66|6|6|6|6|66|66|66|67|67|67|67|67|67|1||1|1|1||0<br>1|
||65 and older|7||7||7|7|8|7|7|7|7|7|8|8|0||0|0|0||0<br>0|
||Years of education|7||7||7|7|7|7|7|7|7|7|7|7|0||0|0|0||0<br>0|
||Less than primary|42|4|2|4|1|40|40|39|41|41|40|40|39|39|-1||-1|-1|-1||-1<br>0|
|**Education**|Primary & less than secondary|32|3|2|3|2|32|32|30|32|32|32|32|31|29|0||0|0|0||0<br>-1|
||Secondary|22|2|3|2|3|24|25|26|23|24|24|24|25|27|1||1|1|1||1<br>1|
||Tertiary|3||3||4|4|4|5|4|4|4|4|4|5|0||0|0|0||0<br>0|
||Agriculture|13|1|3|1|3|14|14|15|12|12|13|13|13|14|-1||-1|-1|-1||-1<br>-1|
|**Sectors**|Industry|25|2|5|2|4|24|24|24|25|25|24|24|24|24|0||0|0|0||0<br>0|
||Services|62|6|2|6|2|62|62|61|62|63|63|63|63|62|1||1|1|1||1<br>1|
||Employers|3||3||3|3|4|3|3|3|3|3|3|3|0||0|0|0||0<br>0|
||Salaried workers|63|6|1|6|1|60|59|57|64|62|62|61|60|58|1||1|1|1||1<br>1|
|**Type of worker**|Self-employed|22|2|3|2|3|23|24|23|22|22|23|23|23|22|0||0|0|0||0<br>0|
||Not salaried|4||4||4|4|4|5|4|4|4|4|4|4|0||0|0|0||0<br>0|
||Unemployed|8||9||9|9|10|13|7|9|9|9|9|13|0||0|0||0|0<br>0|
|**Household**|Average hh size|5||4||4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|4|0||0|0||0|0<br>0|
|**characteristics and**|Access to electricity (%)|99|9|9|9|9|99|99|99|99|99|99|99|99|99|0||0|0||0|0<br>0|
|**access to services**|Accessto improved water(%)|96|9|7|9|7|97|97|97|96|97|97|97|97|97|0||0|0||0|0<br>0|

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.

Table 7. Profile of the Middle Class

|||**Middl**|**e C**|**la**|**ss$**|**13-**|**$7 **|**0**|**(2011 P**|**PP)**|**Middl**|**e Clas**|**s$1**|**4**|**-$81**|**(**|**201**|**7 P**|**PP)**|||**Dif**|**f**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2015 **|**201**|**6 **|**201**|**7 2**|**0**|**18 **|**2019 **|**2020**|**2015 2**|**016 **|**2017**||**201**|**8 **|**201**|**9 2**|**020**|**2015 2**|**016 20**|**17 **|**2018 **|**2019 2020**|
|**% Population**||35.8|35.|7|36.|3|36|.6|37.6|36.0|36.5|36.6|37.2||37.|6|38.|6|36.8|0.8|0.9<br>0|.9|0.9|1.0<br>0.8|
|**Area**|Urbano|90|9|0|9|0|9|0|90|89|90|90|90||9|0|9|0|89|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Rural|10|1|0|1|0|1|0|10|11|10|10|10||1|0|1|0|11|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**Gender**|Males|50|4|9|4|9|4|9|49|49|49|49|49||4|9|4|9|49|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Females|50|5|1|5|1|5|1|51|51|50|51|51||5|1|5|1|51|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||0-14 Years Old|15|1|5|1|5|1|4|14|14|15|15|15||1|5|1|4|14|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**Age Group**|15-64 Years Old|73|7|2|7|2|7|2|72|72|73|72|72||7|2|7|2|72|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||65 and older|12|1|3|1|3|1|3|14|14|12|12|13||1|3|1|4|14|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Years of education|9||9||9||9|9|9|9|9|9|||9||9|10|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Less than primary|28|2|7|2|7|2|7|26|27|28|27|27||2|7|2|6|27|0|0|0|0|0<br>-1|
|**Education**|Primary & less than secondary|23|2|3|2|2|2|2|22|20|23|23|23||2|2|2|2|21|1|1|1|1|1<br>1|
||Secondary|33|3|3|3|3|3|3|34|34|32|33|33||3|3|3|4|33|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Tertiary|16|1|7|1|7|1|8|18|19|16|17|17||1|8|1|8|19|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Agriculture|5||5||6||6|6|7|5|5|5|||6||6|7|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**Sectors**|Industry|22|2|1|2|1|2|0|20|20|22|21|21||2|0|2|0|21|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Services|73|7|4|7|4|7|4|74|73|73|74|74||7|4|7|4|73|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Employers|5||5||5||5|5|5|5|5|5|||5||5|5|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Salaried workers|70|6|9|6|9|6|9|68|67|70|69|69||6|9|6|8|67|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**Type of worker**|Self-employed|19|1|9|2|0|2|0|20|20|19|19|20||2|0|2|0|20|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Not salaried|2||2||2||2|2|2|2|2|2|||2||2|2|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
||Unemployed|4||5||5||4|5|6|4|4|5|||4||5|6|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**Household**|Average hh size|3||3||3||3|3|3|4|4|3|||3||3|3|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**characteristics and**|Access to electricity (%)|99|10|0|10|0|10|0|100|100|100|100|100||10|0|10|0|100|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|
|**access to services**|Access to improved water(%)|99|9|9|9|9|9|9|99|99|98|99|99||9|9|9|9|99|0|0|0|0|0<br>0|

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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