Belize Poverty Rate 1993-2023
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 62.90%, a 5.4% decline from 1998.
- Belize poverty rate for 1998 was 68.30%, a 1.9% decline from 1997.
- Belize poverty rate for 1997 was 70.20%, a 0.4% decline from 1996.
- Belize poverty rate for 1996 was 70.60%, a 5.2% increase from 1994.
| Belize Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 1999 |
62.90% |
-5.40% |
| 1998 |
68.30% |
-1.90% |
| 1997 |
70.20% |
-0.40% |
| 1996 |
70.60% |
5.20% |
| 1994 |
65.40% |
3.60% |
| 1993 |
61.80% |
3.60% |
