Venezuela - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Venezuela was 6.70 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.80 in 2003 and a minimum value of 4.30 in 1992.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1981 6.00
1987 6.30
1989 5.00
1992 4.30
1995 9.40
1998 9.80
1999 11.10
2001 9.30
2002 15.50
2003 18.80
2004 15.80
2005 13.90
2006 6.70

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Venezuela was 14.30 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.40 in 2003 and a minimum value of 10.70 in 1992.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1981 17.40
1987 19.00
1989 11.10
1992 10.70
1995 21.90
1998 21.60
1999 24.70
2001 22.10
2002 30.90
2003 36.40
2004 30.70
2005 24.40
2006 14.30

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in Venezuela was 33.10 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.60 in 1997 and a minimum value of 26.40 in 2009.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
1997 55.60
1998 49.00
1999 42.80
2000 41.60
2001 31.10
2002 41.10
2003 54.00
2004 53.10
2005 42.40
2006 33.10
2007 27.50
2008 27.70
2009 26.40
2010 26.80
2011 27.40
2012 27.20
2013 29.40
2014 29.50
2015 33.10

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Venezuela was 32.70 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60.40 in 2003 and a minimum value of 26.90 in 1989.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1981 34.10
1987 36.90
1989 26.90
1992 28.00
1995 44.50
1998 42.60
1999 47.10
2001 44.80
2002 54.60
2003 60.40
2004 55.20
2005 45.20
2006 32.70

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates