Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Belize

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Belize in 2018 — 4%. Ranked 52 in the world out of 93. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 26.2 pp.

2018 4% −33 pp vs 1999
World rank 52of 93
Period maximum 41.2%1997
Period minimum 4%2018

Trend over time

1993–2018 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Belize, 1993–201802040601993199619992002200520082011201420171993: 30.2%1994: 31.3%1995: 26.5%1996: 40.4%1997: 41.2%1998: 41.1%1999: 37%2018: 4%
Change over the period: −26.2 pp Annual average: -1.05 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Belize 4%
World 22.3%
Central America computed 10.22%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 4
1999 37 −4.1 pp
1998 41.1 −0.1 pp
1997 41.2 +0.8 pp
1996 40.4 +13.9 pp
1995 26.5 −4.8 pp
1994 31.3 +1.1 pp
1993 30.2

Central America, 2018

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

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