Nicaragua poverty rate for 2014 was 46.50%, a 15.6% decline from 2009.
Nicaragua poverty rate for 2009 was 62.10%, a 3.3% decline from 2005.
Nicaragua poverty rate for 2005 was 65.40%, a 6.9% decline from 2001.
Nicaragua poverty rate for 2001 was 72.30%, a 5.3% decline from 1998.
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: Nicaragua Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1993 - 2014.