The database gives free access to data on about 130 social indicators on demography, education, health, housing, employment, wages, poverty and income distribution, the economy, as well as those used to monitor the Millennium Development Goals, for Latin American and Caribbean countries. Users can perform queries selecting available countries, years and breakdowns, downloading results in Excel and creating on-line charts. Each indicator is associated with a technical note featuring definitions, methodology, breakdowns, information sources and comments.