Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Nicaragua
15.7% of people in Nicaragua lived on less than $4.20 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
15.7%
Change from 2009
−10.7percentage points
World, 2014
27.9%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Nicaragua over time
View
Nicaragua
World
×
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 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2018 | – | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | – | 24.9% |
| 2015 | – | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 15.7% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | – | 32.0% |
| 2011 | – | 33.6% |
| 2010 | – | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 26.4% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | – | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 31.3% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | – | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 42.0% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 26.4% in 2009, a change of −10.7 percentage points.
- Since 1993, when it was 60.4%, the figure has changed by −44.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2014 was 27.9%.