Jamaica Poverty Rate 1988-2021
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.
- Jamaica poverty rate for 2004 was 29.30%, a 4.3% decline from 2002.
- Jamaica poverty rate for 2002 was 33.60%, a 3.1% increase from 1999.
- Jamaica poverty rate for 1999 was 30.50%, a 12.3% decline from 1996.
- Jamaica poverty rate for 1996 was 42.80%, a 21.6% decline from 1993.
| Jamaica Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2004 |
29.30% |
-4.30% |
| 2002 |
33.60% |
3.10% |
| 1999 |
30.50% |
-12.30% |
| 1996 |
42.80% |
-21.60% |
| 1993 |
64.40% |
14.90% |
| 1990 |
49.50% |
3.70% |
| 1988 |
45.80% |
3.70% |
