Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 93.4% in 2014. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Nicaragua, 1993–2014
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2014, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Nicaragua stood at 93.4%. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Nicaragua peaked at 97.7% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 93.4%, in 2014.
Nicaragua ranks 48th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 97.7% | — |
| 1998 | 97.5% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 96.7% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 95.9% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 96.7% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 93.4% | -3.4% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 93.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.1%, 94% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 93.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 97.6% | 97.5% | 97.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 96.4% | 95.9% | 96.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 93.4% | 93.4% | 93.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More poverty & inequality data for Nicaragua
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 6.63 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 27.78 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 27.8% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Nicaragua?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Nicaragua was 93.4% in 2014, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 97.7% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.4% in 2014.
- How does Nicaragua rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Nicaragua ranks 48th out of 120 countries with data for 2014.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.