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World 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.
  • World poverty rate for 2022 was 45.50%, a 0.8% decline from 2021.
  • World poverty rate for 2021 was 46.30%, a 0.9% decline from 2020.
  • World poverty rate for 2020 was 47.20%, a 0.8% increase from 2019.
  • World poverty rate for 2019 was 46.40%, a 1.1% decline from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

MLA Citation:
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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
South Asia 79.20%
World 45.50%
East Asia & Pacific 29.20%
Latin America & Caribbean 25.20%
European Union 0.00%
Euro Area 0.00%
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.00%
OECD members 0.00%
North America 0.00%
World Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 45.50% -0.80%
2021 46.30% -0.90%
2020 47.20% 0.80%
2019 46.40% -1.10%
2018 47.50% -1.40%
2017 48.90% -1.10%
2016 50.00% -0.90%
2015 50.90% -1.20%
2014 52.10% -1.10%
2013 53.20% -1.80%
2012 55.00% -1.30%
2011 56.30% -1.40%
2010 57.70% -1.70%
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% -1.30%
2003 66.80% -0.60%
2002 67.40% -0.90%
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% 0.10%
1995 69.80% -0.70%
1994 70.50% 0.00%
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% 0.40%
1982 68.70% 0.10%
1981 68.60% 68.60%
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%