Number of people, in millions, living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 PPP is calculated by multiplying the poverty rate and the population. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Number of poor at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity (million persons)

1990200020052010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Costa Rica0.30.30.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
Dominican Republic0.50.50.20.30.30.20.20.20.20.10.00.1
El Salvador0.70.60.40.30.30.20.20.10.10.10.10.1
Guatemala1.11.3
Honduras2.22.01.31.41.61.41.41.41.51.51.51.4
Nicaragua0.50.2
Panama0.40.30.20.10.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.1