Belize: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 1999 is 19.6 percent, a decline from 20.7 percent in 1998. In comparison, the world average is 18.47 percent, based on data from 35 countries. Historically, the average for Belize from 1993 to 1999 is 17.95 percent. The minimum value, 13.5 percent, was reached in 1993 while the maximum of 20.9 percent was recorded in 1997. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.