North America poverty rate for 2024 was 1.70%, a 0.2% decline from 2023.
North America poverty rate for 2023 was 1.90%, a 0.1% decline from 2022.
North America poverty rate for 2022 was 2.00%, a 1% increase from 2021.
North America poverty rate for 2021 was 1.00%, a 0.3% decline from 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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: North America Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2024.