Maldives Poverty Rate

Maldives poverty rate for 2019 was 11.20%, a 0.5% decline from 2016.
  • Maldives poverty rate for 2016 was 11.70%, a 53.3% decline from 2009.
  • Maldives poverty rate for 2009 was 65.00%, a 16.4% decline from 2002.
  • Maldives poverty rate for 2002 was 81.40%, a 81.4% increase from .
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Maldives Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 2002 - 2019.