World Data Atlas Topics Poverty and Equity

The poverty rate of $3.20 a day in the World

24.3 % in 2017

The poverty rate of $3.20 a day of World fell gradually from 51.2 % in 1998 to 24.3 % in 2017.

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Poverty and equity $3.20 a day the World
Number of Poor 1,821 millions in 2017 WB
Poverty Gap 8.5 % in 2017 WB
World - Poverty Rate - Poverty And Equity
$5.50 a day 43.5 % in 2017 WB
$1.90 a day 9.3 % in 2017 WB
Country (%)
South Sudan 91.6 in 2016 WB
Madagascar 91.5 in 2012 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 91.4 in 2012 WB
Burundi 89.6 in 2013 WB
Malawi 89 in 2016 WB
Uzbekistan 86.2 in 2003 WB
Guinea Bissau 85.4 in 2010 WB
Central African Republic 82.9 in 2008 WB
Mozambique 82.4 in 2014 WB
Rwanda 80.2 in 2016 WB
Mali 79.8 in 2009 WB
Niger 77.2 in 2014 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 76.8 in 2017 WB
Burkina Faso 76.7 in 2014 WB
Benin 76.2 in 2015 WB
Sierra Leone 76 in 2018 WB
Liberia 75.6 in 2016 WB
Turkmenistan 75.4 in 1998 WB
Zambia 75.4 in 2015 WB
Togo 74.2 in 2015 WB
Angola 71.5 in 2018 WB
Nigeria 71 in 2018 WB
Guinea 70.9 in 2012 WB
Uganda 69.6 in 2016 WB
Ethiopia 68.9 in 2015 WB
Senegal 68.4 in 2011 WB
Kenya 66.5 in 2015 WB
Chad 66.3 in 2011 WB
Timor-Leste 65.9 in 2014 WB
Papua New Guinea 65.6 in 2009 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 65.4 in 2017 WB
Congo 64.1 in 2011 WB
Zimbabwe 63.8 in 2019 WB
India 61.7 in 2011 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 59.1 in 2015 WB
Solomon Islands 58.1 in 2012 WB
Bangladesh 52.3 in 2016 WB
Eswatini 52.1 in 2016 WB
Yemen 51.2 in 2014 WB
Nepal 50.8 in 2010 WB
Haiti 50.3 in 2012 WB
Lesotho 49.9 in 2017 WB
Cameroon 47 in 2014 WB
Sudan 44 in 2014 WB
Djibouti 39.8 in 2017 WB
Comoros 39.7 in 2014 WB
Vanuatu 39.4 in 2010 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 38.7 in 2013 WB
Gambia 38.4 in 2015 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 37.4 in 2018 WB
South Africa 37.3 in 2014 WB
Botswana 36.5 in 2015 WB
Pakistan 35.7 in 2018 WB
Kiribati 34.6 in 2006 WB
Suriname 34.2 in 1999 WB
Namibia 30.3 in 2015 WB
Ghana 29.3 in 2016 WB
Honduras 29 in 2019 WB
Egypt 28.9 in 2017 WB
Belize 27.7 in 1999 WB
Guatemala 24.4 in 2014 WB
Mauritania 24.1 in 2014 WB
Guyana 24 in 1998 WB
Indonesia 19.9 in 2019 WB
Tajikistan 17.8 in 2015 WB
Tuvalu 17.6 in 2010 WB
Philippines 17 in 2018 WB
Cabo Verde 15.4 in 2015 WB
Myanmar 15 in 2017 WB
Georgia 14.9 in 2019 WB
Iraq 14.8 in 2012 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.3 in 2006 WB
Nicaragua 13.1 in 2014 WB
Colombia 12.7 in 2019 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 12.5 in 1992 WB
Bhutan 12.2 in 2017 WB
Gabon 11.2 in 2017 WB
Sri Lanka 11 in 2016 WB
Saint Lucia 10.2 in 2016 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 10.2 in 2003 WB
Armenia 9.8 in 2019 WB
Ecuador 9.8 in 2019 WB
Kyrgyzstan 9.7 in 2019 WB
Samoa 9.6 in 2013 WB
Brazil 9.1 in 2019 WB
Jamaica 8.9 in 2004 WB
Serbia 8.9 in 2017 WB
Albania 8.2 in 2017 WB
Bolivia 7.8 in 2019 WB
Fiji 7.5 in 2013 WB
Peru 7.5 in 2019 WB
Tonga 7.5 in 2015 WB
Morocco 7.3 in 2013 WB
North Macedonia 7.1 in 2018 WB
Viet Nam 6.6 in 2018 WB
Mexico 6.5 in 2018 WB
Montenegro 6 in 2016 WB
El Salvador 5.7 in 2019 WB
China 5.4 in 2016 WB
Romania 5.1 in 2018 WB
Mongolia 5 in 2018 WB
Argentina 4.9 in 2019 WB
Panama 4.6 in 2019 WB
Palestine 4.5 in 2016 WB
Paraguay 4.5 in 2019 WB
Algeria 3.7 in 2011 WB
Costa Rica 3.2 in 2019 WB
Iran 3.1 in 2018 WB
Tunisia 3 in 2015 WB
Dominican Republic 2.7 in 2019 WB
Bulgaria 2.2 in 2018 WB
Mauritius 2.2 in 2017 WB
Turkey 2.2 in 2019 WB
Jordan 2 in 2010 WB
Italy 1.8 in 2017 WB
Lithuania 1.3 in 2018 WB
Spain 1.3 in 2018 WB
United States of America 1.2 in 2018 WB
Seychelles 1.1 in 2018 WB
Slovakia 1 in 2018 WB
Japan 0.9 in 2013 WB
Latvia 0.9 in 2018 WB
Republic of Moldova 0.9 in 2018 WB
Sweden 0.9 in 2018 WB
Australia 0.7 in 2014 WB
Austria 0.7 in 2018 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7 in 2011 WB
Chile 0.7 in 2017 WB
Croatia 0.7 in 2018 WB
Israel 0.7 in 2016 WB
Portugal 0.7 in 2018 WB
Canada 0.5 in 2017 WB
Estonia 0.5 in 2018 WB
Hungary 0.5 in 2018 WB
United Kingdom 0.5 in 2017 WB
Uruguay 0.5 in 2019 WB
Luxembourg 0.4 in 2018 WB
Poland 0.4 in 2018 WB
Russian Federation 0.4 in 2018 WB
Greece 0.3 in 2018 WB
Ireland 0.3 in 2017 WB
Malaysia 0.3 in 2015 WB
Norway 0.3 in 2018 WB
Thailand 0.3 in 2019 WB
Denmark 0.2 in 2018 WB
Germany 0.2 in 2016 WB
Kazakhstan 0.2 in 2018 WB
Maldives 0.2 in 2016 WB
Malta 0.2 in 2018 WB
Netherlands 0.2 in 2018 WB
Republic of Korea 0.2 in 2016 WB
Ukraine 0.2 in 2019 WB
Belgium 0.1 in 2018 WB
Cyprus 0.1 in 2018 WB
Finland 0.1 in 2018 WB
France 0.1 in 2018 WB
Lebanon 0.1 in 2011 WB
Azerbaijan 0 in 2005 WB
Belarus 0 in 2019 WB
Czech Republic 0 in 2018 WB
Iceland 0 in 2017 WB
Slovenia 0 in 2018 WB
Switzerland 0 in 2018 WB
Poverty and Equity