# Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Venezuela

9.712059795856476% in 2006, the latest year published. Figures for 13 years from 1981 to 2006 are below.

Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.

Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/extreme-poverty) · [All countries and regions](/extreme-poverty).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2006 | 9.712059795856476 |
| 2005 | 18.111880123615265 |
| 2004 | 22.759859263896942 |
| 2003 | 27.116313576698303 |
| 2002 | 22.13708758354187 |
| 2001 | 14.738450944423676 |
| 1999 | 16.704700887203217 |
| 1998 | 14.86472338438034 |
| 1995 | 15.144260227680206 |
| 1992 | 6.884314119815826 |
| 1989 | 7.263962924480438 |
| 1987 | 12.279000133275986 |
| 1981 | 11.330000311136246 |

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