Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Venezuela

16.4% of people in Venezuela lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2006. The value for 2006 is the lowest since 1992.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1981 to 2006 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Venezuela is for 2006. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Venezuela, 2006 16.4% % of population
Change from 2005 −10.8percentage points 2005: 27.2%
World, 2006 42.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Venezuela over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period VenezuelaWorld
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 – 27.9%
2013 – 29.3%
2012 – 32.0%
2011 – 33.6%
2010 – 35.8%
2009 – 38.1%
2008 – 39.3%
2007 – 40.5%
2006 16.4% 42.2%
2005 27.2% 43.7%
2004 34.2% 45.4%
2003 39.8% 47.2%
2002 34.0% 48.6%
2001 24.9% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −10.8 percentage points from 27.2% in 2005.
  • Since 1989, when it was 12.6%, the figure has changed by +3.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2006 was 42.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1981 to 2006 for Venezuela
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform