In the Bolivarian Republic ofVenezuela, Chile and Paraguay, after rising between 1990 and 2000, wages dropped as a share of GDP in the past decade. Income inequality declined in all the region's countries except Costa Rica between 2002 and 2009, while only in Argentina, Brazil and Costa Rica did the wage share of total GDP increase (see figure II.3).3 Distributive improvements at the household level have not, broadly speaking, been reflected in a more egalitarian share-out between capital and labour. If the measurement does not include taxes on production and products net of subsidies, it is said to be a factor cost measurement. Taking the average for all the countries covered, the earnings share is 10 points higher than if wages alone are considered.