Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Venezuela

43.3% of people in Venezuela lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2006. The value for 2006 is the lowest since 1992.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 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 43.3% % of population
Change from 2005 −12.4percentage points 2005: 55.7%
World, 2006 65.0% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 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 $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period VenezuelaWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2018 – 50.4%
2017 – 51.5%
2016 – 52.4%
2015 – 53.5%
2014 – 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 – 57.5%
2011 – 58.8%
2010 – 60.2%
2009 – 61.7%
2008 – 62.5%
2007 – 63.6%
2006 43.3% 65.0%
2005 55.7% 66.2%
2004 65.7% 67.4%
2003 70.8% 68.7%
2002 64.7% 69.3%
2001 55.3% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −12.4 percentage points from 55.7% in 2005.
  • Since 1989, when it was 36.8%, the figure has changed by +6.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2006 was 65.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · 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