Guatemala Poverty Rate (1986-2023)

Guatemala poverty rate for 2023 was 47.30%, a 2.5% increase from 2014.
  • Guatemala poverty rate for 2014 was 44.80%, a 4.6% increase from 2006.
  • Guatemala poverty rate for 2006 was 40.20%, a 1.5% decline from 2000.
  • Guatemala poverty rate for 2000 was 41.70%, a 4.9% 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.