There is also a direct relationship between poverty and extreme poverty rates. The countries where poverty is lowest also have the lowest rates of extreme poverty: Argentina. Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay have extreme poverty rates under 5%; Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Paraguay and Peru have extreme poverty rates of between 5% and 10%, while in the other countries these rates exceed 10% (see table 11.1). Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Paraguay.