Poverty & Inequality in Belize 18 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Belize. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 19.7% 2018 — 65th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 4.0% 2018 — 60th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2018 — 65th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2018 — 78th Prosperity gap 2.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2018 — 64th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 6.0% 2018 — 60th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 22.1% 2018 — 55th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2018 — 63rd Population living in slums 15.7% 2022 down 0.1% 87th Income share held by second 20% 10.5% 2018 — 94th Gini index 39.9 2018 — 28th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.8% 2018 — 93rd Income share held by lowest 10% 2.2% 2018 — 90th Income share held by highest 10% 30.0% 2018 — 36th Income share held by highest 20% 46.3% 2018 — 29th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.3% 2018 — 53rd Income share held by third 20% 15.2% 2018 — 88th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 16.0% 2018 — 28th