Extreme poverty rate in Nicaragua
6.6% of people in Nicaragua lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2014. The value for 2014 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1993.
The latest value for Nicaragua is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Nicaragua, 2014
6.6%
Change from 2009
−7.3percentage points
World, 2014
14.5%
Extreme poverty rate in Nicaragua over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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 | Nicaragua | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | – | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 6.6% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 13.9% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 16.5% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 26.3% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 13.9% in 2009, a change of −7.3 percentage points.
- Since 1993, when it was 47.1%, the figure has changed by −40.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2014 was 14.5%.
More for Nicaragua
All statistics for Nicaragua
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
24.9%
2016 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
17.3%
2022 · World Bank
Gini index
46.2 (0 to 100)
2014 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
37.2%
2014 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
15.7%
2014 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
46.5%
2014 · World Bank