Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Venezuela

Extreme poverty rate in Venezuela in 2006 — 9.7%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 82. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 1.6 pp.

2006 9.7% −8.4 pp vs 2005
World rank 60of 82
Period maximum 27.1%2003
Period minimum 6.9%1992

Trend over time

1981–2006 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Venezuela, 1981–200601020301981198419871990199319961999200220051981: 11.3%1987: 12.3%1989: 7.3%1992: 6.9%1995: 15.1%1998: 14.9%1999: 16.7%2001: 14.7%2002: 22.1%2003: 27.1%2004: 22.8%2005: 18.1%2006: 9.7%
Change over the period: −1.6 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2006

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

Venezuela 9.7%
World 27%
South America computed 10.8%
Extreme poverty rate — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2006 9.7 −8.4 pp
2005 18.1 −4.7 pp
2004 22.8 −4.3 pp
2003 27.1 +5 pp
2002 22.1 +7.4 pp
2001 14.7
1999 16.7 +1.8 pp
1998 14.9
1995 15.1
1992 6.9
1989 7.3
1987 12.3
1981 11.3

South America, 2006

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.