While in many countries in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), the share of firms with a woman among the principal owners has been increasing, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be necessity entrepreneurs ...
This is the April 2024 issue of the bi-annual Regional Poverty and Inequality Update for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which summarizes the main facts related to poverty and inequality in LAC...
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), gender gaps persist across multiple dimensions of job quality and in earnings. Women tend to be concentrated in less productive jobs, run enterprises in less productive ...
Young women in Guyana are 15 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education, or in training. Although declining, Guyana’s adolescent fertility rate is...
Although slowly declining, adolescent fertility in Peru remains above the average for upper-middle income countries. Young women in Peru are 7 percentage points more likely than young men to be out...
Young women in Suriname are 7 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in education, or in training. Boys are 25 percentage points less likely than girls to complete...
Only 1 in 4 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in El Salvador is a woman. For every young man out of employment, education, or training there are 2.5 young women in such ...
Uruguay’s adolescent fertility rate is 5 times higher than the average rate for high-income countries. Young women are 3 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment...
Less than 1 in 3 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Mexico is a woman. Young women are 16 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not...
Although slowly declining, Paraguay’s adolescent fertility remains above the average for the region and upper-middle income countries. Boys are 6 percentage points less likely than girls to ...
Boys in St. Kitts and Nevis are 5 percentage points less likely than girls to complete lower secondary education. Men are half as likely than women to enroll in tertiary education. Women hold only 25...
Only 2 in 5 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Grenada is a woman. Boys are 6 percentage points less likely than girls to complete lower secondary education. Women...
Boys in Dominica are 3 times less likely than girls to complete lower secondary education. Women are 16 percentage points less likely than men to have formal employment. There are 7 times more reported...
Only 1 in 3 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Guatemala is a woman. Young women are 36 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not in...
Although declining, Haiti’s adolescent fertility rate remains higher than the average for lower-middle income countries. Women are 16 percentage points more likely than men to have vulnerable...
Jamaica’s adolescent fertility rate is nearly two times higher than the average rate for upper middle-income countries. Young women in Jamaica are 4 percentage points more likely than young men ...
Only 1 in 3 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Honduras is a woman. Young women are almost 29 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment...
Women represent less than half the graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers. Adolescent fertility in Dominican Republic remains the highest in the Latin America ...
Less than 1 in 3 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) graduates in Ecuador is a woman. Young women are 17 percentage points more likely than young men to be out of employment, not...
Although slowly declining, St. Lucia’s adolescent fertility rate remains higher than the average for upper middle-income countries. Boys are 9 percentage points less likely than girls to complete...