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 8.60%, a 0.3% decline from 2021.
- poverty rate for 2021 was 8.90%, a 1.4% decline from 2020.
- poverty rate for 2020 was 10.30%, a 0.5% decline from 2019.
- poverty rate for 2019 was 10.80%, a 0.6% 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 | 8.60% | -0.30% |
| 2021 | 8.90% | -1.40% |
| 2020 | 10.30% | -0.50% |
| 2019 | 10.80% | -0.60% |
| 2018 | 11.40% | -1.10% |
| 2017 | 12.50% | -1.30% |
| 2016 | 13.80% | -0.70% |
| 2015 | 14.50% | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 14.30% | -0.50% |
| 2013 | 14.80% | -1.60% |
| 2012 | 16.40% | -1.00% |
| 2011 | 17.40% | -1.70% |
| 2010 | 19.10% | -1.40% |
| 2009 | 20.50% | -0.10% |
| 2008 | 20.60% | -4.40% |
| 2007 | 25.00% | -3.90% |
| 2006 | 28.90% | -3.70% |
| 2005 | 32.60% | -3.50% |
| 2004 | 36.10% | -4.90% |
| 2003 | 41.00% | -1.60% |
| 2002 | 42.60% | -3.00% |
| 2001 | 45.60% | -3.10% |
| 2000 | 48.70% | -3.70% |
| 1999 | 52.40% | 7.70% |
| 1998 | 44.70% | 0.50% |
| 1997 | 44.20% | -2.40% |
| 1996 | 46.60% | 3.80% |
| 1995 | 42.80% | -5.40% |
| 1994 | 48.20% | 4.00% |
| 1993 | 44.20% | 5.70% |
| 1992 | 38.50% | 4.30% |
| 1991 | 34.20% | 2.60% |
| 1990 | 31.60% | 31.60% |
| 1989 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1988 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1987 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1986 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1985 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1984 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1983 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1982 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 1981 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 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% |