although the caribbean does not seem to have progressed in reducing inequality as latin america has nor have inequality levels increased there despite the greater impact of the financial crisis by way of example per capita consumption in jamaica fell by between and but the decline was similar across all income strata so inequality did not change this can be measured for the earnings of wage workers as that information is included in system of national accounts sna data this analysis shows that taking the latest year with information available around the total wage share ranges from in peru to in costa rica see table the evolution of this share up to indicates a decline in most of the countries the exceptions being the bolivarian republic ofvenezuela chile costa rica and paraguay costa rica is a case apart as it is the one country evidencing a steady upward trend in the wage share