Area Database (v4.2.1)

Wealth, Poverty, Assets
% poor households (with IWI value under 70)
Subnational regions
Guyana
All years

% poor households (with IWI value under 70)

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Guyana (America)  
Total 53.0 51.4 49.7 48.1 46.4 44.7 43.1 39.5 35.8 32.2 28.6 25.0 24.9 24.8 24.7 24.6 24.5 24.3 24.2
Barima-Waini 99.9 99.1 98.3 97.5 96.2 94.9 93.6 91.7 89.8 87.9 86.0 84.1 84.1 84.1 84.1 84.1 84.0 84.0 84.0
Cuyuni-Mazaruni 89.4 86.5 83.6 80.7 77.8 74.9 72.0 68.5 65.1 61.6 58.1 54.7 57.0 59.4 61.8 64.2 66.5 68.9 71.3
Demerara-Mahaica 40.8 39.2 37.5 35.8 34.2 32.5 30.9 27.8 24.8 21.8 18.7 15.7 15.8 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.4 16.5 16.6
East Berbice-Corentyne 65.7 60.4 55.1 49.8 44.5 39.3 34.0 32.3 30.6 28.9 27.2 25.5 25.0 24.5 24.0 23.6 23.1 22.6 22.1
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara 56.5 55.5 54.5 53.5 52.5 51.5 50.5 45.0 39.6 34.2 28.7 23.3 22.5 21.6 20.8 20.0 19.1 18.3 17.5
Mahaica-Berbice 42.9 44.3 45.6 47.0 48.3 49.7 51.0 46.4 41.8 37.2 32.6 28.1 27.8 27.5 27.3 27.0 26.8 26.5 26.2
Pomeroon-Supenaam 70.5 70.0 69.5 69.1 68.6 68.1 67.6 62.0 56.4 50.8 45.2 39.6 40.3 41.1 41.8 42.5 43.3 44.0 44.7
Potaro-Siparuni 99.9 99.0 98.2 97.3 95.4 93.5 91.6 92.2 92.9 93.6 94.2 94.9 91.5 88.1 84.7 81.3 77.9 74.5 71.1
Upper Demerara-Berbice 53.7 50.5 47.3 44.1 40.9 37.7 34.5 32.4 30.2 28.1 26.0 23.8 21.9 20.0 18.0 16.1 14.2 12.2 10.3
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo 97.3 96.1 94.9 93.8 92.6 91.4 90.2 90.5 90.8 91.1 91.4 91.7 89.8 88.0 86.1 84.3 82.5 80.6 78.8
Lighter numbers are estimates