Maldives Poverty Rate 2002-2023
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.
- Maldives poverty rate for 2019 was 3.90%, a 1.6% decline from 2016.
- Maldives poverty rate for 2016 was 5.50%, a 45% decline from 2009.
- Maldives poverty rate for 2009 was 50.50%, a 20.8% decline from 2002.
- Maldives poverty rate for 2002 was 71.30%, a 71.3% increase from .
| Maldives Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
3.90% |
-1.60% |
| 2016 |
5.50% |
-45.00% |
| 2009 |
50.50% |
-20.80% |
| 2002 |
71.30% |
-20.80% |
