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.
Data Source: World Bank

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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 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%