Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Nicaragua

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Nicaragua in 2014 — 15.7%. Ranked 67 in the world out of 84. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 44.7 pp.

2014 15.7% −10.7 pp vs 2009
World rank 67of 84
Period maximum 60.4%1993
Period minimum 15.7%2014

Trend over time

1993–2014 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Nicaragua, 1993–2014020406080199319961999200220052008201120141993: 60.4%1998: 49.9%2001: 42%2005: 31.3%2009: 26.4%2014: 15.7%
Change over the period: −44.7 pp Annual average: -2.13 pp

Comparison, 2014

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

Nicaragua 15.7%
World 27.9%
Central America computed 15.78%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2014 15.7
2009 26.4
2005 31.3
2001 42
1998 49.9
1993 60.4

Central America, 2014

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.