Poverty Rate 1982-2025
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 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.
- poverty rate for 2022 was 1.60%, a 0.2% increase from 2021.
- poverty rate for 2021 was 1.40%, a 0.4% decline from 2020.
- poverty rate for 2020 was 1.80%, a 0.2% decline from 2019.
- poverty rate for 2019 was 2.00%, a 0.2% decline from 2018.
| Similar Country Ranking | |
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| Country Name | % Under US $5.50 Per Day |
| Poverty Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | % Under US $5.50 Per Day | Change |
| 2022 | 1.60% | 0.20% |
| 2021 | 1.40% | -0.40% |
| 2020 | 1.80% | -0.20% |
| 2019 | 2.00% | -0.20% |
| 2018 | 2.20% | -0.20% |
| 2017 | 2.40% | -0.20% |
| 2016 | 2.60% | -0.30% |
| 2015 | 2.90% | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 2.80% | -0.10% |
| 2013 | 2.90% | -0.10% |
| 2012 | 3.00% | -0.10% |
| 2011 | 3.10% | -0.10% |
| 2010 | 3.20% | -0.20% |
| 2009 | 3.40% | -0.20% |
| 2008 | 3.60% | -0.70% |
| 2007 | 4.30% | -1.10% |
| 2006 | 5.40% | -0.60% |
| 2005 | 6.00% | -0.60% |
| 2004 | 6.60% | -0.80% |
| 2003 | 7.40% | -0.40% |
| 2002 | 7.80% | -0.70% |
| 2001 | 8.50% | -1.20% |
| 2000 | 9.70% | -0.70% |
| 1999 | 10.40% | 2.00% |
| 1998 | 8.40% | 0.00% |
| 1997 | 8.40% | -1.50% |
| 1996 | 9.90% | 1.10% |
| 1995 | 8.80% | -1.90% |
| 1994 | 10.70% | 1.20% |
| 1993 | 9.50% | 1.90% |
| 1992 | 7.60% | 0.80% |
| 1991 | 6.80% | 0.30% |
| 1990 | 6.50% | 0.20% |
| 1989 | 6.30% | -0.30% |
| 1988 | 6.60% | -0.30% |
| 1987 | 6.90% | -0.40% |
| 1986 | 7.30% | -0.20% |
| 1985 | 7.50% | -0.40% |
| 1984 | 7.90% | -0.20% |
| 1983 | 8.10% | -0.20% |
| 1982 | 8.30% | -0.20% |