Poverty Rate 1981-2025
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 23.60%, a 1% decline from 2021.
- poverty rate for 2021 was 24.60%, a 4.1% decline from 2020.
- poverty rate for 2020 was 28.70%, a 0.3% increase from 2019.
- poverty rate for 2019 was 28.40%, a 1.8% decline from 2018.
| Similar Country Ranking | |
|---|---|
| Country Name | % Under US $5.50 Per Day |
| Poverty Rate - Historical Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | % Under US $5.50 Per Day | Change |
| 2022 | 23.60% | -1.00% |
| 2021 | 24.60% | -4.10% |
| 2020 | 28.70% | 0.30% |
| 2019 | 28.40% | -1.80% |
| 2018 | 30.20% | -2.30% |
| 2017 | 32.50% | -2.10% |
| 2016 | 34.60% | -2.40% |
| 2015 | 37.00% | -2.60% |
| 2014 | 39.60% | -2.80% |
| 2013 | 42.40% | -4.30% |
| 2012 | 46.70% | -3.00% |
| 2011 | 49.70% | -3.20% |
| 2010 | 52.90% | -3.20% |
| 2009 | 56.10% | -1.80% |
| 2008 | 57.90% | -2.40% |
| 2007 | 60.30% | -2.90% |
| 2006 | 63.20% | -2.90% |
| 2005 | 66.10% | -2.90% |
| 2004 | 69.00% | -2.90% |
| 2003 | 71.90% | -1.60% |
| 2002 | 73.50% | -2.30% |
| 2001 | 75.80% | -1.40% |
| 2000 | 77.20% | -2.20% |
| 1999 | 79.40% | -0.10% |
| 1998 | 79.50% | -0.50% |
| 1997 | 80.00% | -0.30% |
| 1996 | 80.30% | -0.70% |
| 1995 | 81.00% | -0.90% |
| 1994 | 81.90% | -0.90% |
| 1993 | 82.80% | -0.30% |
| 1992 | 83.10% | 0.10% |
| 1991 | 83.00% | 0.30% |
| 1990 | 82.70% | 0.10% |
| 1989 | 82.60% | -0.40% |
| 1988 | 83.00% | 0.00% |
| 1987 | 83.00% | 0.50% |
| 1986 | 82.50% | -1.30% |
| 1985 | 83.80% | -0.40% |
| 1984 | 84.20% | -0.20% |
| 1983 | 84.40% | 0.30% |
| 1982 | 84.10% | -0.10% |
| 1981 | 84.20% | -0.10% |