Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 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.

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity in constant prices of 2011 (%)

199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Costa Rica13.909.805.002.202.702.602.602.402.402.401.702.301.703.402.201.601.501.30
Barbados1.70
Belize1.00
Colombia23.9016.8013.1011.2010.909.909.008.108.007.307.408.8013.5011.209.307.70
Dominican Republic8.309.905.505.305.404.404.103.303.001.501.101.001.301.301.001.30
El Salvador18.4016.4011.4010.108.507.107.005.305.804.504.103.005.105.204.60
Grenada0.80
Guatemala8.808.009.70
Haiti40.40
Honduras51.7031.3019.6020.1024.0020.8020.6019.9019.8019.3019.8018.8017.00
Jamaica11.600.401.40
Mexico16.3011.708.407.307.204.403.904.302.30
Nicaragua16.506.60
Panama16.3014.507.706.107.405.906.404.804.804.303.702.903.303.70
Saint Lucia0.10
Suriname2.20
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)18.10