Poverty Poverty lines: 50% median household per capita income World Bank USD-2-a-day poverty line ECLAC country-specific poverty lines Argentina (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Greater Buenos Aires 1970 8 1986 17.6 2.2 1980 9 1988 21.6 6.1 1986 13 1991 17.2 3.5 1990 30.3 1992 17.3 3.1 1994 16.6 15 main cities 1999 20.81 1992 19.6 4.2 1993 20.2 5.0 1994 20.8 4.5 1995 21.2 7.5 1996 22.6 8.9 1997 22.2 8.3 1998 22.0 8.3 28 main cities 1998 23.0 9.4 1999 22.5 9.1 2000 24.5 10.9 2001 25.1 15.6 2002 25.9 24.7 2003 24.9 23.7 28 main cities - EPHC 2003-II * 24.5 19.9 2003-II 24.7 19.1 2004-I 23.2 15.6 2004-II 24.8 14.2 2005-I 23.2 13.2 2005-II 24.5 11.6 Chile 1968 17 1987 20.8 30.5 1970 17 1990 20.2 14.4 1987 39 1992 18.8 9.6 1990 33 1994 20.1 9.3 1992 28 1996 19.6 6.8 1994 23 1998 20.5 6.5 1996 20 2000 19.5 5.9 1998 18 2003 18.9 5.1 2000 17 Costa Rica 1990 21.0 13.3 1970 24 1992 20.4 12.8 1981 22 1997 20.1 8.5 1988 25 1999 2000 20.6 9.2 1990 24 2001 22.0 9.6 1992 25 2002 21.1 9.0 1994 21 2001 2003 21.4 8.8 1997 20 2004 20.5 8.3 1999 18 Uruguay 1989 18.5 2.7 1970 14.5 1992 19.0 2.9 1981 11 1995 19.2 2.9 1986 15 1996 19.4 3.4 1989 15 1997 19.3 3.4 1990 11.8 1998 20.9 3.4 1997 5.7 2000 20.5 3.0 1999 5.6 2001 20.1 3.5 2002 20.6 4.3 2003 19.4 4.9 2004 20.7 7.0 2005 20.6 6.0