Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)

North America Ranking

percent living on less than 1.90 usd a daySource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Honduras	14.8	2019	1	15.8
2	Guatemala	8.8	2014	2	11.2
3 ↑	Ecuador	6.5	2020	4	3.6
4 ↓	Nicaragua	3.4	2014	3	7.4
5	Mexico	3.1	2020	5	1.7
6 ↑	Costa Rica	2.1	2020	8	1
7	El Salvador	1.3	2019	7	1.5
8 ↓	Panama	1.2	2019	5	1.7
9 ↓	United States	1	2019	8	1
10	Canada	0.2	2017	10	0.2

Definition of Extreme Poverty Ratio ($1.80)

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 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.