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 17.00%, a 1.4% increase from 2019.
- Bolivia poverty rate for 2019 was 15.60%, a 3.5% decline from 2018.
- Bolivia poverty rate for 2018 was 19.10%, a 1.9% decline from 2017.
- Bolivia poverty rate for 2017 was 21.00%, a 1% decline from 2016.
| Bolivia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
17.00% |
1.40% |
| 2019 |
15.60% |
-3.50% |
| 2018 |
19.10% |
-1.90% |
| 2017 |
21.00% |
-1.00% |
| 2016 |
22.00% |
1.50% |
| 2015 |
20.50% |
0.30% |
| 2014 |
20.20% |
-1.60% |
| 2013 |
21.80% |
-1.90% |
| 2012 |
23.70% |
0.20% |
| 2011 |
23.50% |
-5.40% |
| 2009 |
28.90% |
-5.00% |
| 2008 |
33.90% |
-7.30% |
| 2007 |
41.20% |
-0.90% |
| 2006 |
42.10% |
-5.10% |
| 2005 |
47.20% |
1.40% |
| 2004 |
45.80% |
-8.00% |
| 2002 |
53.80% |
2.00% |
| 2001 |
51.80% |
-4.00% |
| 2000 |
55.80% |
5.80% |
| 1999 |
50.00% |
3.90% |
| 1997 |
46.10% |
3.90% |
