Guatemala Poverty Rate 1986-2024
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.
- Guatemala poverty rate for 2014 was 55.40%, a 6.8% increase from 2006.
- Guatemala poverty rate for 2006 was 48.60%, a 1.4% decline from 2000.
- Guatemala poverty rate for 2000 was 50.00%, a 5.3% decline from 1998.
- Guatemala poverty rate for 1998 was 55.30%, a 21.2% decline from 1989.
| Guatemala Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2014 |
55.40% |
6.80% |
| 2006 |
48.60% |
-1.40% |
| 2000 |
50.00% |
-5.30% |
| 1998 |
55.30% |
-21.20% |
| 1989 |
76.50% |
-11.00% |
| 1986 |
87.50% |
-11.00% |
