Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Guatemala

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Guatemala in 2023 — 47.3%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 57. Since 1986, the indicator has fallen by 35.7 pp.

2023 47.3% +2.5 pp vs 2014
World rank 48of 57
Period maximum 83%1986
Period minimum 40.2%2006

Trend over time

1986–2023 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Guatemala, 1986–202340608010019861990199419982002200620102014201820221986: 83%1989: 70.3%1998: 46.6%2000: 41.7%2006: 40.2%2014: 44.8%2023: 47.3%
Change over the period: −35.7 pp Annual average: -0.96 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Guatemala 47.3%
World 47%
Central America computed 39.87%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 47.3
2014 44.8
2006 40.2
2000 41.7
1998 46.6
1989 70.3
1986 83

Central America, 2023

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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