Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Australia
1.5% of people in Australia lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest since 2003.
Australia, 2020
1.5%
Change from 2018
+0.3percentage points
World, 2020
50.4%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
1.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | 50.4% |
| 2018 | 1.2% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | – | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | – | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | – | 55.8% |
| 2012 | – | 57.5% |
| 2011 | – | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | – | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | – | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 1.8% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 1.2% in 2018, a change of +0.3 percentage points.
- Since 1989, when it was 2.3%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 50.4%.