Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Afghanistan
47.1% of people in Afghanistan lived below the national poverty line in 2019.
The latest value for Afghanistan is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Afghanistan, 2019
47.1%
Change from 2016
−7.4percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Afghanistan over time
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Afghanistan
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 47.1% |
| 2016 | 54.5% |
| 2011 | 38.3% |
| 2007 | 33.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 54.5% in 2016, a change of −7.4 percentage points.
- Since 2007, when it was 33.7%, the figure has changed by +13.4 percentage points.