Extreme poverty rate in Belize
1.0% of people in Belize lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2018. The value for 2018 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1993.
The latest value for Belize is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Belize, 2018
1.0%
Change from 1999
−21.5percentage points
World, 2018
11.1%
Extreme poverty rate in Belize over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belize | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 22.5% in 1999, a change of −21.5 percentage points.
- Since 1993, when it was 18.0%, the figure has changed by −17.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2018 was 11.1%.
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Poverty rate at national poverty lines
52.0%
2018 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
4.4%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
39.9 (0 to 100)
2018 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
30.0%
2018 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
4.0%
2018 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
19.7%
2018 · World Bank