Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Belize

Extreme poverty rate in Belize in 2018 — 1%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 93. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 17 pp.

2018 1% −21.5 pp vs 1999
World rank 43of 93
Period maximum 26.1%1998
Period minimum 1%2018

Trend over time

1993–2018 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Belize, 1993–201801020301993199619992002200520082011201420171993: 18%1994: 18.1%1995: 18.4%1996: 23.3%1997: 26%1998: 26.1%1999: 22.5%2018: 1%
Change over the period: −17 pp Annual average: -0.68 pp

Comparison, 2018

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belize

Belize 1%
World 11.1%
Central America computed 4.9%
Extreme poverty rate — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 1
1999 22.5 −3.6 pp
1998 26.1 +0.1 pp
1997 26 +2.7 pp
1996 23.3 +4.9 pp
1995 18.4 +0.3 pp
1994 18.1 +0.1 pp
1993 18

Central America, 2018

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.