Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Trinidad and Tobago

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Trinidad and Tobago in 1992 — 30.5%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 41. Since 1988, the indicator has risen by 10 pp.

1992 30.5% +10 pp vs 1988
World rank 18of 41
Period maximum 30.5%1992
Period minimum 20.5%1988

Trend over time

1988–1992 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Trinidad and Tobago, 1988–19922022.52527.53032.5198819891990199119921988: 20.5%1992: 30.5%
Change over the period: +10 pp Annual average: 2.5 pp

Comparison, 1992

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

Trinidad and Tobago 30.5%
World 71.2%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
1992 30.5
1988 20.5

Caribbean, 1992

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

TT Trinidad and Tobago 30.5 DO Dominican Republic 51

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.