Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) in North America

11 countries in North America, 2018. Unit: % of population. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.4 %
Median country
1.1 %
half above, half below
World total
11.1 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.4 to 19.8
Canada - Honduras

How to read it

Across 11 countries in North America, the highest value is in Honduras (19.8 %) and the lowest in Canada (0.4 %).

The median country is at 1.1 %: half are above, half below.

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 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.

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Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank… · via World Bank WDI (SI.POV.DDAY) · licence

Extreme poverty over time

%

Ranking of countries

2018
In chart Share of the highest value
1Canada0.4
2Jamaica0.4
3Grenada0.8
4Belize1.0
5Dominican Republic1.1
6United States1.1
7Costa Rica2.3
8Panama3.7
9Mexico3.9
10El Salvador4.1
11Honduras19.8
World Bank, WDI · SI.POV.DDAY · 2018 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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