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 2018 was 22.60%, a 0.5% decline from 2017.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2017 was 23.10%, a 2.5% decline from 2016.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2016 was 25.60%, a 0.4% decline from 2015.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2015 was 26.00%, a 0.6% decline from 2014.
| Latin America & Caribbean Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
22.60% |
-0.50% |
| 2017 |
23.10% |
-2.50% |
| 2016 |
25.60% |
-0.40% |
| 2015 |
26.00% |
-0.60% |
| 2014 |
26.60% |
-0.50% |
| 2013 |
27.10% |
-0.70% |
| 2012 |
27.80% |
-1.70% |
| 2011 |
29.50% |
-1.60% |
| 2010 |
31.10% |
-1.80% |
| 2009 |
32.90% |
-0.30% |
| 2008 |
33.20% |
-1.40% |
| 2007 |
34.60% |
-1.60% |
| 2006 |
36.20% |
-4.80% |
| 2005 |
41.00% |
-1.90% |
| 2004 |
42.90% |
-1.90% |
| 2003 |
44.80% |
-0.60% |
| 2002 |
45.40% |
0.10% |
| 2001 |
45.30% |
-0.10% |
| 2000 |
45.40% |
-1.90% |
| 1999 |
47.30% |
0.60% |
| 1998 |
46.70% |
-0.50% |
| 1997 |
47.20% |
-1.10% |
| 1996 |
48.30% |
1.10% |
| 1995 |
47.20% |
-0.70% |
| 1994 |
47.90% |
-1.60% |
| 1993 |
49.50% |
-0.10% |
| 1992 |
49.60% |
0.20% |
| 1991 |
49.40% |
-0.50% |
| 1990 |
49.90% |
3.30% |
| 1989 |
46.60% |
-1.90% |
| 1988 |
48.50% |
1.00% |
| 1987 |
47.50% |
4.00% |
| 1986 |
43.50% |
-6.60% |
| 1985 |
50.10% |
-1.60% |
| 1984 |
51.70% |
-0.10% |
| 1983 |
51.80% |
3.70% |
| 1982 |
48.10% |
0.90% |
| 1981 |
47.20% |
0.90% |
