Latin America & Caribbean Poverty Rate 1981-2021
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.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2019 was 22.50%, a 0% increase from 2018.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2018 was 22.50%, a 0.5% decline from 2017.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2017 was 23.00%, a 0.6% decline from 2016.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2016 was 23.60%, a 0.6% decline from 2015.
| Latin America & Caribbean Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
22.50% |
0.00% |
| 2018 |
22.50% |
-0.50% |
| 2017 |
23.00% |
-0.60% |
| 2016 |
23.60% |
-0.60% |
| 2015 |
24.20% |
-0.80% |
| 2014 |
25.00% |
-0.80% |
| 2013 |
25.80% |
-0.90% |
| 2012 |
26.70% |
-1.70% |
| 2011 |
28.40% |
-1.70% |
| 2010 |
30.10% |
-1.80% |
| 2009 |
31.90% |
-0.40% |
| 2008 |
32.30% |
-1.70% |
| 2007 |
34.00% |
-1.90% |
| 2006 |
35.90% |
-4.10% |
| 2005 |
40.00% |
-2.50% |
| 2004 |
42.50% |
-1.70% |
| 2003 |
44.20% |
-0.50% |
| 2002 |
44.70% |
-0.20% |
| 2001 |
44.90% |
-0.20% |
| 2000 |
45.10% |
-2.20% |
| 1999 |
47.30% |
0.60% |
| 1998 |
46.70% |
-1.10% |
| 1997 |
47.80% |
-1.50% |
| 1996 |
49.30% |
1.60% |
| 1995 |
47.70% |
-0.10% |
| 1994 |
47.80% |
-1.60% |
| 1993 |
49.40% |
-0.30% |
| 1992 |
49.70% |
0.10% |
| 1991 |
49.60% |
-0.70% |
| 1990 |
50.30% |
1.80% |
| 1989 |
48.50% |
-0.70% |
| 1988 |
49.20% |
0.90% |
| 1987 |
48.30% |
3.90% |
| 1986 |
44.40% |
-6.70% |
| 1985 |
51.10% |
-1.90% |
| 1984 |
53.00% |
0.00% |
| 1983 |
53.00% |
3.60% |
| 1982 |
49.40% |
1.00% |
| 1981 |
48.40% |
1.00% |
