Extreme poverty rate in Venezuela
9.7% of people in Venezuela lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2006. The value for 2006 is the lowest since 1992.
The latest value for Venezuela is for 2006. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Venezuela, 2006
9.7%
Change from 2005
−8.4percentage points
World, 2006
27.0%
Extreme poverty rate in Venezuela 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 | Venezuela | 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 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 9.7% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 18.1% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 22.8% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 27.1% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 22.1% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 14.7% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −8.4 percentage points from 18.1% in 2005.
- Since 1989, when it was 7.3%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2006 was 27.0%.
More for Venezuela
All statistics for Venezuela
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
33.1%
2015 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
5.3%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
44.7 (0 to 100)
2006 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
33.2%
2006 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
16.4%
2006 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
43.3%
2006 · World Bank