Extreme poverty rate in Bolivia
2.1% of people in Bolivia lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Bolivia, 2024
2.1%
Change from 2023
−0.7percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Extreme poverty rate in Bolivia over time
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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 | Bolivia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1% | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 2.8% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 4.2% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | – |
| 2018 | 4.7% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 5.6% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 6.8% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 7.9% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 6.9% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 10.0% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 12.1% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 15.9% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 18.7% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 13.2% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 23.9% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 22.3% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 2.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by −3.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 10.1%.
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All statistics for Bolivia
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
44.7%
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Prevalence of undernourishment
19.5%
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Gini index
40.9 (0 to 100)
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Income share held by the richest 10%
30.6%
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Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
4.9%
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Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
17.4%
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