National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 35.7 | ||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 21.7 | 20.6 | 20.7 | 22.4 | 21.7 | 20.5 | 20.0 | 21.1 | 21.0 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 25.6 | 22.8 | 21.0 | ||||||||||
| El Salvador | 36.5 | 40.6 | 34.5 | 29.6 | 31.8 | 34.9 | 32.7 | 29.2 | 26.3 | 22.8 | |||
| Guatemala | 56.0 | 59.3 | |||||||||||
| Haiti | 58.5 | ||||||||||||
| Honduras | 50.2 | 52.2 | 49.7 | 49.8 | 48.3 | ||||||||
| Jamaica | 28.4 | 18.7 | 14.8 | 17.6 | 19.9 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 45.5 | 46.2 | 43.6 | 41.9 | |||||||||
| Nicaragua | 48.3 | 29.6 | 24.9 | ||||||||||
| Panama | 37.9 | 36.6 | 29.8 | 27.6 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 25.6 | 23.0 | 22.1 | ||||
| Saint Lucia | 25.0 | ||||||||||||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 41.6 | 42.4 | 26.8 | 27.4 | 27.2 | 29.4 | 29.5 | 33.1 |