Editing Latin America (section)

=== Standard of living ===
Latin America has the highest levels of [[income inequality]] in the world.<ref>{{cite book|author=Baten, Jörg|title=A History of the Global Economy. From 1500 to the Present.|date=2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=148f|isbn=9781107507180}}</ref> The following table lists all the countries in Latin America indicating a valuation of the country's [[Human Development Index]], GDP at purchasing power parity per capita, measurement of inequality through the [[Gini index]], measurement of poverty through the [[Human Poverty Index]], a measure of extreme poverty based on people living on less than 1.25 dollars a day, [[life expectancy]], murder rates and a measurement of safety through the [[Global Peace Index]]. Green cells indicate the best performance in each category, and red the lowest.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|- style="background:#ececec;"
|+'''Social and economic indicators for Latin American countries'''
! Country
! [[HDI]] <br /> <small>(2019)</small><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/data|title=UNDP HDI 2020|journal=UNDP|access-date=December 23, 2020|last1=Nations|first1=United|archive-date=November 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102154237/http://hdr.undp.org/en/data|url-status=live}}</ref>
! GDP (PPP) <br /><small>per capita in US$</small><br /><small>(2015)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://knoema.com/sijweyg/gdp-per-capita-ranking-2015-data-and-charts|title=GDP per Capita Ranking 2015 – Data and Charts|work=Knoema|access-date=May 13, 2016|archive-date=May 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506215827/http://knoema.com/sijweyg/gdp-per-capita-ranking-2015-data-and-charts|url-status=live}}</ref>
! Real GDP <br /> growth % <br /><small>(2015)</small>
! Income <br /> inequality <br /> <small>Gini</small> <br /> <small>(2015)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table3.pdf|title=Human Development Report 2011|work=Table 3: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index|publisher=United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)|access-date=August 8, 2012|archive-date=May 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515163938/http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table3.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! Extreme <br /> poverty % <br /> <small><1.25 US$</small> <br /> <small>(2011)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table5.pdf|title=Human Development Report 2011|work=Table 5: Multidimensional Poverty Index|publisher=United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)|access-date=August 8, 2012|archive-date=September 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911013222/http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Table5.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! Youth literacy %<br /> <small>(2015)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Documents/literacy-statistics-trends-1985-2015.pdf|title=ADULT AND YOUTH LITERACY: National, regional and global trends, 1985-2015|access-date=January 2, 2016|archive-date=August 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802154845/http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Documents/literacy-statistics-trends-1985-2015.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! Life <br /> expectancy <br /> <small>(2016)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geoba.se/population.php?pc=world&type=15|title=Geoba.se: Gazetteer – The World – Life Expectancy – Top 100+ By Country (2016)|access-date=May 13, 2016|archive-date=November 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120052840/http://www.geoba.se/population.php?pc=world&type=15|url-status=live}}</ref>
! Murder <br /> <small>rate per <br /> 100,000</small> <br /> <small>(2014)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?locations=ZJ&year_high_desc=false|title=Homicide Statistics 2014|work=Murder rate per 100,000 inhabitants|publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)|access-date=February 2, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202145918/http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?locations=ZJ&year_high_desc=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
! Peace <br /> <small>GPI</small> <br /> <small>(2016)</small><ref name=vohgpi>{{cite web|url=http://visionofhumanity.org/indexes/global-peace-index/|title=Global Rankings|work=Vision of Humanity|date=July 24, 2020|publisher=Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)|access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-date=June 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619080402/http://visionofhumanity.org/indexes/global-peace-index/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Argentina}}
| 0.845 (<span style="color:#090;">'''VH'''</span>)
| 20,170
| 2.6
| 43.6
| 0.9
| 99.2
| 78
| 6
| 1.957
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Bolivia}}
| 0.718 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| 6,421
| 4.1
| 46.6
| 14.0
| 99.4
| 70
| 12 <sup>(2012)</sup>
| 2.038
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Brazil}}
| 0.765 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| 15,690
| −3.0
| 52.7
| 0.9
| 97.5
| 70
| 29
| 2.176
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Chile}}
| 0.851 (<span style="color:#090;">'''VH'''</span>)
| 25,564
| 2.3
| 50.8
| 0.8
| 98.9
| 79
| 4
| 1.635<ref name=vohgpi/>
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Colombia}}
| 0.767 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| 13,794
| 2.5
| 52.2<ref name="socio-economic policies">{{cite web|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/condiciones_vida/pobreza/bol_pobreza_15_.pdf|title=socio-economic policies|publisher=dane.gov.co|access-date=March 2, 2016|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306045647/http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/condiciones_vida/pobreza/bol_pobreza_15_.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 8.2
| 98.2
| 76
| 28
| 2.764
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Costa Rica}}
| 0.810 (<span style="color:#090;">'''VH'''</span>)
| 15,318
| 3.0
| 48.6
| 0.7
| 98.3
| 79
| 10
| 1.699
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Cuba}}
| 0.783 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| 100.0
| 79
| 
| 2.057
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Dominican Republic}}
| 0.756 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| 15,777
| 5.5
| 45.7
| 4.3
| 97.0
| 78
| 17
| 2.143
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Ecuador}}
| 0.759 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| 11,168
| −0.6
| 46.6
| 5.1
| 98.7
| 77
| 8
| 2.020
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|El Salvador}}
| 0.673 (<span style="color:#fc0;">'''M'''</span>)
| 8,293
| 2.3
| 41.8
| 15.1
| 96.0
| 75
| 64
| 2.237
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Guatemala}}
| 0.663 (<span style="color:#fc0;">'''M'''</span>)
| 7,721
| 3.8
| 52.4
| 16.9
| 87.4
| 72
| 31
| 2.270
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Honduras}}
| 0.634 (<span style="color:#fc0;">'''M'''</span>)
| 4,861 
| 3.5
| 57.4
| 23.3
| 95.9
| 71
| 75
| 2.237
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 0.779 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| 18,335
| 2.3
| 48.1
| 8.4
| 98.5
| 77
| 16
| 2.557
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Nicaragua}}
| 0.660 (<span style="color:#fc0;">'''M'''</span>)
| 4,972
| 4.0
| 45.7
| 15.8
| 87.0
| 73
| 8 <sup>(2019)</sup><ref name="Statistic Yearbook National Police 2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.policia.gob.ni/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Polic%C3%ADa-Nacional-ANUARIO-2019-para-web.pdf|title=Statistic yearbook|publisher=policica.gob.ni|access-date=January 22, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128070346/https://www.policia.gob.ni/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Polic%C3%ADa-Nacional-ANUARIO-2019-para-web.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1.975
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Panama}}
| 0.815 (<span style="color:#090;">'''VH'''</span>)
| 20,512
| 6.0
| 51.9
| 9.5
| 97.6
| 79
| 18 <sup>(2012)</sup>
| 1.837
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Paraguay}}
| 0.728 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| 8,671
| 3.0
| 48.0
| 5.1
| 98.6
| 77
| 9
| 2.037
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Peru}}
| 0.777 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| 12,077
| 2.4
| 45.3
| 5.9
| 97.4
| 74
| 7
| 2.057
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Uruguay}}
| 0.817 (<span style="color:#090;">'''VH'''</span>)
| 21,719
| 2.5
| 41.3
| 0.0
| 98.8
| 77
| 8
| 1.726
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Venezuela}}
| 0.711 (<span style="color:#0c0;">'''H'''</span>)
| 15,892
| −10.0
| 44.8
| 3.5
| 98.5
| 75
| 62
| 2.651
|}