Latin America & Caribbean Poverty Rate 1981-2024
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.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2022 was 25.20%, a 3.2% decline from 2021.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2021 was 28.40%, a 0.8% increase from 2020.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2020 was 27.60%, a 0.4% increase from 2019.
- Latin America & Caribbean poverty rate for 2019 was 27.20%, a 0.7% decline from 2018.
| Latin America & Caribbean Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
25.20% |
-3.20% |
| 2021 |
28.40% |
0.80% |
| 2020 |
27.60% |
0.40% |
| 2019 |
27.20% |
-0.70% |
| 2018 |
27.90% |
-0.50% |
| 2017 |
28.40% |
-0.60% |
| 2016 |
29.00% |
-0.20% |
| 2015 |
29.20% |
-1.50% |
| 2014 |
30.70% |
-0.50% |
| 2013 |
31.20% |
-1.10% |
| 2012 |
32.30% |
-1.30% |
| 2011 |
33.60% |
-2.00% |
| 2010 |
35.60% |
-2.00% |
| 2009 |
37.60% |
-0.40% |
| 2008 |
38.00% |
-2.00% |
| 2007 |
40.00% |
-1.90% |
| 2006 |
41.90% |
-3.80% |
| 2005 |
45.70% |
-2.60% |
| 2004 |
48.30% |
-1.50% |
| 2003 |
49.80% |
-0.50% |
| 2002 |
50.30% |
-0.10% |
| 2001 |
50.40% |
-0.40% |
| 2000 |
50.80% |
-2.40% |
| 1999 |
53.20% |
1.00% |
| 1998 |
52.20% |
-0.70% |
| 1997 |
52.90% |
-1.00% |
| 1996 |
53.90% |
0.80% |
| 1995 |
53.10% |
-0.10% |
| 1994 |
53.20% |
-2.20% |
| 1993 |
55.40% |
-0.10% |
| 1992 |
55.50% |
0.60% |
| 1991 |
54.90% |
-0.40% |
| 1990 |
55.30% |
1.90% |
| 1989 |
53.40% |
-0.50% |
| 1988 |
53.90% |
0.60% |
| 1987 |
53.30% |
3.30% |
| 1986 |
50.00% |
-6.50% |
| 1985 |
56.50% |
-1.50% |
| 1984 |
58.00% |
-0.20% |
| 1983 |
58.20% |
3.30% |
| 1982 |
54.90% |
0.50% |
| 1981 |
54.40% |
0.50% |
