Jamaica Poverty Rate 1988-2024
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 2021 was 13.90%, a 4.8% increase from 2018.
- Jamaica poverty rate for 2018 was 9.10%, a 20% decline from 2004.
- Jamaica poverty rate for 2004 was 29.10%, a 4.2% decline from 2002.
- Jamaica poverty rate for 2002 was 33.30%, a 2.9% increase from 1999.
| Jamaica Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
13.90% |
4.80% |
| 2018 |
9.10% |
-20.00% |
| 2004 |
29.10% |
-4.20% |
| 2002 |
33.30% |
2.90% |
| 1999 |
30.40% |
-12.40% |
| 1996 |
42.80% |
-21.60% |
| 1993 |
64.40% |
14.90% |
| 1990 |
49.50% |
3.80% |
| 1988 |
45.70% |
3.80% |
