Belize Poverty Rate 1993-2021
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Belize poverty rate for 1999 was 51.10%, a 5% decline from 1998.
- Belize poverty rate for 1998 was 56.10%, a 1.7% decline from 1997.
- Belize poverty rate for 1997 was 57.80%, a 0.1% increase from 1996.
- Belize poverty rate for 1996 was 57.70%, a 5.5% increase from 1994.
| Belize Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 1999 |
51.10% |
-5.00% |
| 1998 |
56.10% |
-1.70% |
| 1997 |
57.80% |
0.10% |
| 1996 |
57.70% |
5.50% |
| 1994 |
52.20% |
3.30% |
| 1993 |
48.90% |
3.30% |
