World Poverty Rate 1981-2024
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.
- World poverty rate for 2022 was 44.90%, a 0.8% decline from 2021.
- World poverty rate for 2021 was 45.70%, a 1.5% decline from 2020.
- World poverty rate for 2020 was 47.20%, a 0.9% increase from 2019.
- World poverty rate for 2019 was 46.30%, a 1.1% decline from 2018.
| World Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
44.90% |
-0.80% |
| 2021 |
45.70% |
-1.50% |
| 2020 |
47.20% |
0.90% |
| 2019 |
46.30% |
-1.10% |
| 2018 |
47.40% |
-1.40% |
| 2017 |
48.80% |
-1.20% |
| 2016 |
50.00% |
-1.00% |
| 2015 |
51.00% |
-1.10% |
| 2014 |
52.10% |
-1.10% |
| 2013 |
53.20% |
-1.80% |
| 2012 |
55.00% |
-1.30% |
| 2011 |
56.30% |
-1.50% |
| 2010 |
57.80% |
-1.60% |
| 2009 |
59.40% |
-1.00% |
| 2008 |
60.40% |
-1.10% |
| 2007 |
61.50% |
-1.40% |
| 2006 |
62.90% |
-1.30% |
| 2005 |
64.20% |
-1.30% |
| 2004 |
65.50% |
-1.40% |
| 2003 |
66.90% |
-0.60% |
| 2002 |
67.50% |
-0.80% |
| 2001 |
68.30% |
-0.70% |
| 2000 |
69.00% |
-0.80% |
| 1999 |
69.80% |
0.50% |
| 1998 |
69.30% |
-0.10% |
| 1997 |
69.40% |
-0.50% |
| 1996 |
69.90% |
0.00% |
| 1995 |
69.90% |
-0.70% |
| 1994 |
70.60% |
0.10% |
| 1993 |
70.50% |
0.50% |
| 1992 |
70.00% |
0.40% |
| 1991 |
69.60% |
0.40% |
| 1990 |
69.20% |
0.20% |
| 1989 |
69.00% |
0.00% |
| 1988 |
69.00% |
0.00% |
| 1987 |
69.00% |
0.40% |
| 1986 |
68.60% |
-0.50% |
| 1985 |
69.10% |
-0.10% |
| 1984 |
69.20% |
0.10% |
| 1983 |
69.10% |
0.30% |
| 1982 |
68.80% |
0.20% |
| 1981 |
68.60% |
0.20% |
