Venezuela Poverty Rate 1981-2023
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.
- Venezuela poverty rate for 2006 was 38.80%, a 12.4% decline from 2005.
- Venezuela poverty rate for 2005 was 51.20%, a 10.3% decline from 2004.
- Venezuela poverty rate for 2004 was 61.50%, a 5.5% decline from 2003.
- Venezuela poverty rate for 2003 was 67.00%, a 6.3% increase from 2002.
| Venezuela Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2006 |
38.80% |
-12.40% |
| 2005 |
51.20% |
-10.30% |
| 2004 |
61.50% |
-5.50% |
| 2003 |
67.00% |
6.30% |
| 2002 |
60.70% |
9.50% |
| 2001 |
51.20% |
-1.90% |
| 1999 |
53.10% |
4.80% |
| 1998 |
48.30% |
-2.90% |
| 1995 |
51.20% |
16.20% |
| 1992 |
35.00% |
2.40% |
| 1989 |
32.60% |
-9.30% |
| 1987 |
41.90% |
3.00% |
| 1981 |
38.90% |
3.00% |
