In the Latin America and the Caribbean region, labor income accounts for anywhere between 60 to 80 percent of total income for the poorest groups. Although the region has expanded social protection programs and other income sources, increases in labor income have been the single biggest driver of poverty reduction since 2000.
This dashboard presents comparative data for the past 20 years with the main labor market indicators (labor force participation, employment rate, and unemployment rate) disaggregated by indicators of monetary poverty and level of education attained. Employment rate indicators are also disaggregated by economic sector (primary, manufacturing, construction and utilities, retail and services), firm size (small private firms, large private firms and public enterprises) and type of worker (employers, self-employed, wage employee and unpaid workers).