Poverty & Inequality in Guatemala 87 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Guatemala. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of people living in extreme poverty 16.37 million people 2023 up 13.4% 51st Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.75 million people 2023 up 40.3% 35th Number of people living in extreme poverty 1.75 million people 2023 up 40.3% 35th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 47.3% 2023 up 5.6% 42nd The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 9.7% 2023 up 21.4% 32nd Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 12.9% 2023 down 1.0% 11th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 19.1% 2023 down 2.8% 12th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 25.6% 2023 down 3.3% 15th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 96.5% 2023 up 0.8% 50th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 9.7% 2023 up 21.4% 32nd Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 17.6% 2023 up 4.5% 34th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 9.7% 2023 up 21.4% 32nd Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 57.1% 2023 up 4.5% 44th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 1.75 million people 2023 up 40.3% 35th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 626,662 people 2023 down 4.3% 62nd Gini coefficient 0.4521 2023 down 6.4% 12th Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 14.4% 2021 up 2.1% 34th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 9.7% 2023 up 21.4% 31st Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 3.49 million people 2014 down 14.7% 65th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 8.8% 2014 down 21.3% 29th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 97.2% 2014 up 3.3% 43rd Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 8.8% 2014 down 21.3% 29th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 1.34 million people 2014 down 8.8% 36th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 24.4% 2014 up 0.6% 34th Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 49.1% 2014 up 12.6% 37th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 9.5% 2014 down 18.3% 30th [ILO] Proportion of population covered by at least one social 12.1% 2022 up 17.5% 17th ← Previous Page 2 of 2