Extreme poverty rate in Australia
0.9% of people in Australia lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest since 2003.
Australia, 2020
0.9%
Change from 2018
+0.3percentage points
World, 2020
11.4%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
0.4%
Extreme poverty rate in Australia over time
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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 | Australia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | 11.4% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 0.6% in 2018, a change of +0.3 percentage points.
- Since 1989, when it was 0.8%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 11.4%.