Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data was 398,591 people in 2014. ▼ Falling
Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data in Nicaragua, 1993–2014
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 398,591 people for number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 54.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Nicaragua peaked at 2.10 million people in 1993 and was at its lowest, 398,591 people, in 2014.
Nicaragua ranks 54th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.90 million people | 1.70 million people | 2.10 million people | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.00 million people | 787,065 people | 1.34 million people | 3 |
| 2010s | 398,591 people | 398,591 people | 398,591 people | 1 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Nicaragua
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,515 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.8% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.408 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1027 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1027 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1264 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.2% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3528 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Nicaragua?
- Number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Nicaragua was 398,591 people in 2014, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 2.10 million people in 1993.
- What is the lowest number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 398,591 people in 2014.
- How does Nicaragua rank for number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data?
- Nicaragua ranks 54th out of 120 countries with data for 2014.
- Is number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.