Latin America & Caribbean Poverty Rate 1981-2020
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 2018 was 24.20%, a 2% decline from 2015.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2015 was 26.20%, a 0.8% decline from 2013.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2013 was 27.00%, a 0.7% decline from 2012.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2012 was 27.70%, a 1.7% decline from 2011.
| Latin America & Caribbean Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
24.20% |
-2.00% |
| 2015 |
26.20% |
-0.80% |
| 2013 |
27.00% |
-0.70% |
| 2012 |
27.70% |
-1.70% |
| 2011 |
29.40% |
-1.50% |
| 2010 |
30.90% |
-2.20% |
| 2008 |
33.10% |
-7.70% |
| 2005 |
40.80% |
-4.30% |
| 2002 |
45.10% |
-1.90% |
| 1999 |
47.00% |
-1.10% |
| 1996 |
48.10% |
-1.30% |
| 1993 |
49.40% |
-0.30% |
| 1990 |
49.70% |
2.30% |
| 1987 |
47.40% |
-4.30% |
| 1984 |
51.70% |
4.60% |
| 1981 |
47.10% |
4.60% |
