Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Guatemala
47.3% of people in Guatemala lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023.
Guatemala, 2023
47.3%
Change from 2014
+2.5percentage points
World, 2023
47.1%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Guatemala 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 | Guatemala | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 47.3% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2018 | – | 50.4% |
| 2017 | – | 51.5% |
| 2016 | – | 52.4% |
| 2015 | – | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 44.8% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | – | 55.8% |
| 2012 | – | 57.5% |
| 2011 | – | 58.8% |
| 2010 | – | 60.2% |
| 2009 | – | 61.7% |
| 2008 | – | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 40.2% | 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 44.8% in 2014, a change of +2.5 percentage points.
- Since 1986, when it was 83.0%, the figure has changed by −35.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.