Poverty Rate 1960-2024
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 1.20%, a 0.1% decline from 2021.
- poverty rate for 2021 was 1.30%, a 0.3% decline from 2020.
- poverty rate for 2020 was 1.60%, a 0.1% decline from 2019.
- poverty rate for 2019 was 1.70%, a 0.1% 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 | 1.20% | -0.10% |
| 2021 | 1.30% | -0.30% |
| 2020 | 1.60% | -0.10% |
| 2019 | 1.70% | -0.10% |
| 2018 | 1.80% | -0.20% |
| 2017 | 2.00% | -0.20% |
| 2016 | 2.20% | -0.30% |
| 2015 | 2.50% | -0.10% |
| 2014 | 2.60% | 0.00% |
| 2013 | 2.60% | -0.10% |
| 2012 | 2.70% | 0.00% |
| 2011 | 2.70% | 0.10% |
| 2010 | 2.60% | 0.00% |
| 2009 | 2.60% | -0.10% |
| 2008 | 2.70% | -0.30% |
| 2007 | 3.00% | -0.50% |
| 2006 | 3.50% | -0.30% |
| 2005 | 3.80% | -0.10% |
| 2004 | 3.90% | -0.40% |
| 2003 | 4.30% | -0.20% |
| 2002 | 4.50% | -0.10% |
| 2001 | 4.60% | -0.20% |
| 2000 | 4.80% | -0.10% |
| 1999 | 4.90% | 0.60% |
| 1998 | 4.30% | -0.60% |
| 1997 | 4.90% | -1.50% |
| 1996 | 6.40% | 1.50% |
| 1995 | 4.90% | -2.10% |
| 1994 | 7.00% | 1.00% |
| 1993 | 6.00% | 1.90% |
| 1992 | 4.10% | 0.30% |
| 1991 | 3.80% | 0.20% |
| 1990 | 3.60% | 0.00% |
| 1989 | 3.60% | -0.30% |
| 1988 | 3.90% | -0.30% |
| 1987 | 4.20% | -0.50% |
| 1986 | 4.70% | -0.20% |
| 1985 | 4.90% | -0.30% |
| 1984 | 5.20% | -0.20% |
| 1983 | 5.40% | -0.20% |
| 1982 | 5.60% | -0.10% |
| 1981 | 5.70% | 5.70% |
| 1980 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1979 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1978 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1977 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1976 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1975 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1974 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1973 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1972 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1971 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1970 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1969 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1968 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1967 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1966 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1965 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1964 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1963 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1962 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1961 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1960 | 0.00% | 0.00% |