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Bolivia was one of the poorest countries in South America, but between 2006 and 2014, GDP per capita doubled and the extreme poverty rate declined from 38 to 18%. [21] This represents a great improvement in comparison to the situation by 2005, diminishing poverty from 59.6% to 38.6% in a decade. [22]
Rates of crime in Guatemala are very high. An average of 101 murders per week were reported in 2018. An average of 101 murders per week were reported in 2018. [ citation needed ] In the 1990s Guatemala had four cities feature in Latin America's top ten cities by murder rate: Escuintla (165 per 100,000), Izabal (127), Santa Rosa Cuilapa (111 ...
The countries with the most homicides per unit population are generally countries with small populations (very narrow rectangles in chart, 2021). [1] The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a ...
2022 Algeria: 0.096 2022 Andorra: 0 2015 Antigua and Barbuda * 8.532 2022 Argentina * 2.305 2022 Armenia * 0.674 2019 Australia * 0.103 2022 Austria * 0.145 2022 Azerbaijan * 0.165 2021 Bahamas: 28.538 2022 Barbados: 11.717 2022 Belarus: 0.206 2014 Belize * 22.454 2022 Bermuda: 4.674 2021 Bhutan * 0 2020 Bolivia * 0.384
Crime and violence affect the lives of millions of people in Latin America.Some consider social inequality to be a major contributing factor to levels of violence in Latin America, [1] where the state fails to prevent crime and organized crime takes over State control in areas where the State is unable to assist the society such as in impoverished communities.
The data indicate that Guatemala is behind other Latin American countries, in terms of lowering poverty rates, but there has been an increase in economic activity in terms of GDP and development. Guatemala's HDI increased from 0.462 in 1990, to 0.525 in 2000, to 0.550 in 2005, and 0.574 in 2011.3 Guatemala ranked 131st in HDI in 2011. [30]
Oct. 31—New state data shows Alaska's overall crime rate continues to fall, but some forms of violent crime, including murder, are up. The Alaska Department of Public Safety's annual Crime in ...
The Global MPI uses three standard dimensions: Health; Education; Standard of Living and ten indicators. [11] These mirror the Human Development Index (HDI).. Multidimensional Poverty Indices used for purposes other than global comparison have sometimes used different dimensions, including income and consumption.