World Poverty Rate 1981-2021
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 2015 was 46.20%, a 2.5% decline from 2013.
- World poverty rate for 2013 was 48.70%, a 2% decline from 2012.
- World poverty rate for 2012 was 50.70%, a 1.5% decline from 2011.
- World poverty rate for 2011 was 52.20%, a 1.7% decline from 2010.
| World Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2015 |
46.20% |
-2.50% |
| 2013 |
48.70% |
-2.00% |
| 2012 |
50.70% |
-1.50% |
| 2011 |
52.20% |
-1.70% |
| 2010 |
53.90% |
-2.70% |
| 2008 |
56.60% |
-3.80% |
| 2005 |
60.40% |
-3.70% |
| 2002 |
64.10% |
-2.80% |
| 1999 |
66.90% |
-0.40% |
| 1996 |
67.30% |
-0.90% |
| 1993 |
68.20% |
1.10% |
| 1990 |
67.10% |
0.30% |
| 1987 |
66.80% |
-0.20% |
| 1984 |
67.00% |
0.60% |
| 1981 |
66.40% |
0.60% |
