Georgia Poverty Rate 1996-2021
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.
- Georgia poverty rate for 2019 was 42.00%, a 0.5% decline from 2018.
- Georgia poverty rate for 2018 was 42.50%, a 0.5% decline from 2017.
- Georgia poverty rate for 2017 was 43.00%, a 0.3% decline from 2016.
- Georgia poverty rate for 2016 was 43.30%, a 1.5% decline from 2015.
| Georgia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
42.00% |
-0.50% |
| 2018 |
42.50% |
-0.50% |
| 2017 |
43.00% |
-0.30% |
| 2016 |
43.30% |
-1.50% |
| 2015 |
44.80% |
-0.90% |
| 2014 |
45.70% |
-3.80% |
| 2013 |
49.50% |
-5.40% |
| 2012 |
54.90% |
-4.10% |
| 2011 |
59.00% |
-1.80% |
| 2010 |
60.80% |
0.90% |
| 2009 |
59.90% |
-0.10% |
| 2008 |
60.00% |
-4.50% |
| 2007 |
64.50% |
2.30% |
| 2006 |
62.20% |
0.90% |
| 2005 |
61.30% |
2.50% |
| 2004 |
58.80% |
-3.60% |
| 2003 |
62.40% |
-0.40% |
| 2002 |
62.80% |
-13.30% |
| 2001 |
76.10% |
2.60% |
| 2000 |
73.50% |
1.70% |
| 1999 |
71.80% |
7.50% |
| 1998 |
64.30% |
-0.20% |
| 1997 |
64.50% |
23.90% |
| 1996 |
40.60% |
23.90% |
