Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Venezuela

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Venezuela in 2006 — 43.3%. Ranked 56 in the world out of 82. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 1 pp.

2006 43.3% −12.4 pp vs 2005
World rank 56of 82
Period maximum 70.8%2003
Period minimum 36.8%1989

Trend over time

1981–2006 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Venezuela, 1981–20063040506070801981198419871990199319961999200220051981: 42.3%1987: 45.3%1989: 36.8%1992: 39.1%1995: 55.8%1998: 52.6%1999: 58.1%2001: 55.3%2002: 64.7%2003: 70.8%2004: 65.7%2005: 55.7%2006: 43.3%
Change over the period: +1 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2006

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

Venezuela 43.3%
World 65%
South America computed 41.73%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2006 43.3 −12.4 pp
2005 55.7 −10 pp
2004 65.7 −5.1 pp
2003 70.8 +6.1 pp
2002 64.7 +9.4 pp
2001 55.3
1999 58.1 +5.5 pp
1998 52.6
1995 55.8
1992 39.1
1989 36.8
1987 45.3
1981 42.3

South America, 2006

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption 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.