Poverty by District (Including Poverty Headcount Rate), 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	23.1	21.8	-1.3	54.4	61.9	7.6	67.9	71.0	3.2
Rural	41.0	32.9	-8.0	45.6	38.1	-7.6	32.1	29.0	-3.2
District
Castries City	13.1	27.6	14.5	4.6	18.2	13.6	10.1	16.5	6.5
Castries Sub-Urban	22.2	19.0	-3.2	23.9	18.7	-5.2	31.0	24.6	-6.4
Anse la Raye/Canaries	44.9	38.0	-6.9	9.7	7.6	-2.1	6.2	5.0	-1.2
Soufriere	42.5	25.5	-16.9	8.3	5.3	-3.0	5.7	5.2	-0.5
Choiseul	38.4	16.9	-21.6	4.4	2.1	-2.2	3.3	3.2	-0.1
Laborie	42.1	23.4	-18.7	6.4	3.7	-2.7	4.4	4.0	-0.4
Vieux Fort	23.1	34.6	11.5	6.8	12.2	5.4	8.6	8.8	0.3
Micoud	43.6	31.2	-12.4	16.6	12.6	-4.0	11.0	10.1	-0.9
Dennery	34.2	45.0	10.9	8.6	12.1	3.5	7.3	6.7	-0.6
Gros-Islet	24.4	11.8	-12.6	10.7	7.5	-3.2	12.6	15.9	3.3
Total	28.8	25.0	-3.8	100.0	100.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Note: Changes shown between years SLC/HBS 2006 and SLC/HBS 2016
SLC/HBS means the Survey of Living Conditions/Household Budget Survey
Source: SLC/HBS 2006 and 2016, Central Statistical Office