This map, published by Brazil on Maps, shows the percentage of the population living in extreme poverty in different South American countries in 2019 and 2024.
On the map, extreme poverty is defined as those people who have to live on less than US$2.15 per day in 2024 and US$1.90 in 2019. The different colours show the range in which each country is situated in each of the years taken as a reference.
Between 2019 and 2024, the situation worsens significantly in Venezuela, which goes from 12.9% to 50.5%, in Guyana, from 5.2% to 35.1%, and in Argentina, from 7.7% to 17.5%. At the opposite end of the spectrum is Suriname, which goes from 20% to 3%. In absolute terms, Uruguay and Chile are in the lead, followed by Paraguay and Bolivia.
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