Poverty headcount ratio at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity in constant prices of 2011

3.90 (%) in 2014

In 2014, poverty rate at $1.9 a day for Nicaragua was 3.9 %. Between 1998 and 2014, poverty rate at $1.9 a day of Nicaragua was declining at a moderating rate to shrink from 25.8 % in 1998 to 3.9 % in 2014.

The description is composed by our digital data assistant.

Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 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.

Date Value Change, %
2014 3.90 -53.01%
2009 8.30 -8.79%
2005 9.10 -48.88%
2001 17.80 -31.01%
1998 25.80 -32.64%
1993 38.30