Latin America's main problems according to experts 2021

In a survey conducted in June and July of 2021, 80 percent of the opinion leaders and prominent journalists surveyed in Latin America said that job creation was the most important problem Latin America would face in the incoming 18 months. The second main issue according to these experts was economic recovery.

Most important problems faced by Latin America according to opinion leaders and journalists in 2021

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Job creation	80%
Economic recovery	77%
Fight against COVID-19 pandemic	63%
Vaccination of citizens	57%
Poverty reduction	55%
Inequality reduction	51%
Fight against corruption	47%
Fight against insecurity/crime/drug trafficking	43%
Better access to education	35%
Other	5%

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Release date

September 2021

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

June 30 to July 13, 2021

Number of respondents

380 opinion leaders and journalists

Special properties

14 Latin American countries surveyed

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

During the survey, the following open question was posed: "¿Cuáles considera que son los principales desafíos que América Latina deberá enfrentar en los próximos 18 meses?".
The wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the original.

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