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% |
