Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Australia
1.1% of people in Australia lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest since 2003.
Australia, 2020
1.1%
Change from 2018
+0.5percentage points
World, 2020
22.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
0.5%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | 22.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | – | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | – | 32.0% |
| 2011 | – | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | – | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | – | 42.2% |
| 2005 | – | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 1.1% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 0.6% in 2018, a change of +0.5 percentage points.
- Since 1989, when it was 1.1%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 22.1%.