Georgia Poverty Rate 1996-2023
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.
- Georgia poverty rate for 2021 was 55.40%, a 2.9% decline from 2020.
- Georgia poverty rate for 2020 was 58.30%, a 4.1% increase from 2019.
- Georgia poverty rate for 2019 was 54.20%, a 0.3% increase from 2018.
- Georgia poverty rate for 2018 was 53.90%, a 0% increase from 2017.
| Georgia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
55.40% |
-2.90% |
| 2020 |
58.30% |
4.10% |
| 2019 |
54.20% |
0.30% |
| 2018 |
53.90% |
0.00% |
| 2017 |
53.90% |
-2.40% |
| 2016 |
56.30% |
0.10% |
| 2015 |
56.20% |
-0.80% |
| 2014 |
57.00% |
-3.00% |
| 2013 |
60.00% |
-5.50% |
| 2012 |
65.50% |
-3.50% |
| 2011 |
69.00% |
-1.60% |
| 2010 |
70.60% |
0.10% |
| 2009 |
70.50% |
0.30% |
| 2008 |
70.20% |
-3.90% |
| 2007 |
74.10% |
1.40% |
| 2006 |
72.70% |
1.00% |
| 2005 |
71.70% |
1.70% |
| 2004 |
70.00% |
-2.00% |
| 2003 |
72.00% |
-0.70% |
| 2002 |
72.70% |
-10.80% |
| 2001 |
83.50% |
1.90% |
| 2000 |
81.60% |
2.00% |
| 1999 |
79.60% |
5.50% |
| 1998 |
74.10% |
0.20% |
| 1997 |
73.90% |
21.90% |
| 1996 |
52.00% |
21.90% |
