Belize Poverty Rate 1993-2024
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.
- Belize poverty rate for 1999 was 66.80%, a 1.8% decline from 1998.
- Belize poverty rate for 1998 was 68.60%, a 1.5% decline from 1997.
- Belize poverty rate for 1997 was 70.10%, a 0.4% decline from 1996.
- Belize poverty rate for 1996 was 70.50%, a 5.1% increase from 1994.
Belize Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
1999 |
66.80% |
-1.80% |
1998 |
68.60% |
-1.50% |
1997 |
70.10% |
-0.40% |
1996 |
70.50% |
5.10% |
1994 |
65.40% |
3.60% |
1993 |
61.80% |
3.60% |