Bolivia Poverty Rate 1997-2023
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.
- Bolivia poverty rate for 2020 was 21.60%, a 1.7% increase from 2019.
- Bolivia poverty rate for 2019 was 19.90%, a 3.5% decline from 2018.
- Bolivia poverty rate for 2018 was 23.40%, a 2.3% decline from 2017.
- Bolivia poverty rate for 2017 was 25.70%, a 0.2% decline from 2016.
Bolivia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2020 |
21.60% |
1.70% |
2019 |
19.90% |
-3.50% |
2018 |
23.40% |
-2.30% |
2017 |
25.70% |
-0.20% |
2016 |
25.90% |
0.50% |
2015 |
25.40% |
0.60% |
2014 |
24.80% |
-1.00% |
2013 |
25.80% |
-2.20% |
2012 |
28.00% |
0.10% |
2011 |
27.90% |
-6.70% |
2009 |
34.60% |
-4.40% |
2008 |
39.00% |
-7.30% |
2007 |
46.30% |
-1.60% |
2006 |
47.90% |
-4.00% |
2005 |
51.90% |
-0.90% |
2004 |
52.80% |
-6.40% |
2002 |
59.20% |
1.90% |
2001 |
57.30% |
-4.70% |
2000 |
62.00% |
7.30% |
1999 |
54.70% |
2.30% |
1997 |
52.40% |
2.30% |