Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Bhutan

9.0% of people in Bhutan lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2022.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 2003 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Bhutan, 2022 9.0% % of population
Change from 2017 −33.5percentage points 2017: 42.5%
World, 2022 48.3% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Bhutan over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period BhutanWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 9.0% 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2018 – 50.4%
2017 42.5% 51.5%
2016 – 52.4%
2015 – 53.5%
2014 – 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 48.5% 57.5%
2011 – 58.8%
2010 – 60.2%
2009 – 61.7%
2008 – 62.5%
2007 65.1% 63.6%
2006 – 65.0%
2005 – 66.2%
2004 – 67.4%
2003 76.1% 68.7%
2002 – 69.3%
2001 – 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 42.5% in 2017, a change of −33.5 percentage points.
  • Since 2003, when it was 76.1%, the figure has changed by −67.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 48.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2003 to 2022 for Bhutan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform