The percentage of children under 15 years of age with access to social protection services fell 9.2 points in Latin Americafrom 50.7% in 2016 to 41.5% in 2020, according to a report published today by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Fund of United Nations for Children (UNICEF).
The region is the one that suffered the greatest drop in coverage in the period studied, which despite everything still places it in a medium range globally, below the rates in Europe and North America (96% and 94%, respectively). ), but above Africa (12.6%), the Arab countries (15.4%) or Asia Pacific (18%).
It is also above the global average, which also shows a decline (possibly due to what occurred in Latin America) and falls from 27.2% in 2016 to 26.4% in 2020.
By country, the situation varies profoundly, with the percentage of social coverage for children in Argentina being especially high in the region (84.6% in 2016 and 89.9% in 2020, according to the study).
Bolivia shows in 2020 a percentage of 66.2%, Chile 68.5%, Colombia 36% and Costa Rica 38.8%, although it can be noted that this country managed to double its rate between 2016 and 2020, dedicating 2.6% to this protection. of its GDP.
In Ecuador and El Salvador, the percentage does not reach 9%, in the Dominican Republic it is 62.1%, in Honduras 19.4%, in Mexico 23.4%, in Guatemala 2.6% and in Nicaragua it is barely 3.1%, showing what heterogeneous situation in the Latin American region.
Other rates shown by the region, generally low, are 21.5% in Panama (falling by almost half compared to 2016), 18.6% in Paraguay, 16.1% in Peru and 65.6% in Uruguay, with no data available. information about the situation in Venezuela and Cuba.
Source: EFE
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