Guatemala: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2014 is 9.5 percent, a decline from 11.7 percent in 2006. In comparison, the world average is 5.20 percent, based on data from 80 countries. Historically, the average for Guatemala from 1986 to 2014 is 22.03 percent. The minimum value, 9.5 percent, was reached in 2014 while the maximum of 49.7 percent was recorded in 1986. See the global rankings or world map 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.