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.