LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN AND THE : HOW SECURE DO PEOPLE FEEL? 91 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN FEAR BEING EVICTED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

1. 1 Due to their large populations, over half 9 Dominican Republic of people affected live in (40%) and 19 19 Mexico (15%). 1 Rates of insecurity are Brazil highest in Guatemala, . where 1 in 3 people feel 19 insecure. Guatemala’s insecurity rates are 1 more than 2.5 times higher than the least 1 insecure country Paraguay (13%). 1 1 WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO FEAR EVICTION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A SPOUSE THAN MEN

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In Latin America and the Caribbean, more women than men say that they would be afraid of eviction if their partner died. This gender WOMEN gap is particularly wide MEN in and the Caribbean, where % insecure on average 25% of men vs 36% of women feel insecure when faced with this scenario.

Central Andean America and Global Southern States the Caribbean average Cone Brazil 0 YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO FEAR EVICTION AS OLDER PEOPLE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Dominican Republic Guatemala El Salvador Central Panama America and Honduras the Caribbean Nicaragua On average, younger Costa Rica people (25%) aged Mexico 18-25 are almost twice Venezuela as likely to experience Bolivia 18-25 tenure insecurity as Ecuador older people (13%) aged 65+ Colombia 65+. This age divide is Peru particularly pronounced in Brazil and the Brazil . Chile Uruguay Southern Cone Argentina Paraguay Regional average 0 % insecure 40% 1 IN 3 RENTERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN FEAR EVICTION IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OWNERS RENTERS Guatemala Panama 1 Central El Salvador 1 Twice as many people America Honduras own their home (39%) and the Dominican Republic 9 than rent (20%) in Caribbean Costa Rica Latin America and the Mexico Caribbean, but renters Nicaragua 1 feel much more insecure – in fact, they Venezuela 1 are three times more Bolivia 1 1 likely to fear losing Andean States Ecuador 9 their home. Women Colombia 1 1 who rent also tend to Peru 11 9 be more insecure than men and represent Brazil 1 one of the most Chile 11 vulnerable groups in Argentina the . Southern Cone Paraguay Uruguay Regional average 1 PEOPLE WHO ARE NAMED IN A LEGAL DOCUMENT FEEL CONSIDERABLY MORE SECURE IN THEIR HOUSING RIGHTS

Mexico Dominican Republic Nicaragua 84% of people named in Central Panama a document recognised America and Costa Rica NO DOCUMENTATION by the courts as the Caribbean Honduras evidence of land and El Salvador NAMED DOCUMENT property rights feel Guatemala secure in their rights, compared to just Venezuela 65% of those with no Ecuador documents. This gap of Andean States Colombia around 20 percentage Bolivia points can be found Peru in most of the Brazil world. In Latin America and the Caribbean, Paraguay the gap is biggest in Argentina Venezuela (25%) and Southern Cone Uruguay smallest in Uruguay (9%). Chile Regional average 40 % insecure 100% Vast numbers of people living Prindex aims to: in Latin America and the • Shed light on the urgent global Caribbean feel insecure in issue of insecure property rights their land and property rights. by providing data that is open This makes the region poorer, source and freely available. less free, and less just. • Influence national policies and programmes related to Understanding the scale of land and property. the problem is the first step to • Contribute to tracking key changing it. development indicators.

To find out more about land and property rights in your country and region, visit www.prindex.net/data Prindex is a global survey measuring perceptions of land and property rights. By developing a deeper Prindex is a joint initiative of Global Land Alliance understanding of how they work in practice, Prindex is and Overseas Development Institute and is funded helping to build a world where everyone feels secure by the FCDO and Omidyar Network. in their right to their home and land.

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