Jamaica poverty rate for 2021 was 22.90%, a 4.6% increase from 2018.
Jamaica poverty rate for 2018 was 18.30%, a 26% decline from 2004.
Jamaica poverty rate for 2004 was 44.30%, a 2.3% decline from 2002.
Jamaica poverty rate for 2002 was 46.60%, a 1.5% increase from 1999.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Jamaica Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1988 - 2021.