Income-Based Poverty Estimates, 2006 and 2016

	Poverty Headcount Rate			Distribution of the Poor			Distribution of Population
	SLC/HBS 2006	SLC/HBS 2016	Change	SLC/HBS 2006	SLC/HBS 2016	Change	SLC/HBS 2006	SLC/HBS 2016	Change
				Poverty line = povline
Urban	87.7	85.3	-2.5	66.7	70.2	3.5	67.9	71.0	3.2
Rural	92.7	89.0	-3.7	33.3	29.8	-3.5	32.1	29.0	-3.2
District
Castries City	81.2	88.7	7.5	9.2	17.0	7.8	10.1	16.5	6.5
Castries Sub-Urban	87.0	85.0	-2.0	30.2	24.2	-6.0	31.0	24.6	-6.4
Anse la Raye/Canaries	90.5	87.8	-2.7	6.3	5.1	-1.2	6.2	5.0	-1.2
Soufriere	100.0	93.1	-6.9	6.3	5.6	-0.7	5.7	5.2	-0.5
Choiseul	96.7	95.6	-1.1	3.5	3.5	0.0	3.3	3.2	-0.1
Laborie	87.4	98.6	11.3	4.3	4.5	0.3	4.4	4.0	-0.4
Vieux Fort	97.4	92.2	-5.2	9.3	9.4	0.1	8.6	8.8	0.3
Micoud	91.2	84.8	-6.5	11.2	9.9	-1.3	11.0	10.1	-0.9
Dennery	98.2	87.3	-10.9	8.0	6.8	-1.2	7.3	6.7	-0.6
Gros Islet	82.6	75.7	-7.0	11.6	13.9	2.3	12.6	15.9	3.3
Total	89.3	86.3	-3.0	100.0	100.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Source: SLC/HBS 2006 and 2016, Central Statistical Office