Australia poverty rate for 2018 was 1.20%, a 0.2% increase from 2016.
Australia poverty rate for 2016 was 1.00%, a 0% increase from 2014.
Australia poverty rate for 2014 was 1.00%, a 0% increase from 2010.
Australia poverty rate for 2010 was 1.00%, a 0% increase from 2008.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Australia Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2018.