Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Belize
19.7% of people in Belize lived on less than $8.30 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
19.7%
Change from 1999
−47.0percentage points
World, 2018
50.4%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2018 | 19.7% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | – | 51.5% |
| 2016 | – | 52.4% |
| 2015 | – | 53.5% |
| 2014 | – | 54.7% |
| 2013 | – | 55.8% |
| 2012 | – | 57.5% |
| 2011 | – | 58.8% |
| 2010 | – | 60.2% |
| 2009 | – | 61.7% |
| 2008 | – | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | – | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 66.7% in 1999, a change of −47.0 percentage points.
- Since 1993, when it was 61.5%, the figure has changed by −41.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2018 was 50.4%.