Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Bolivia

4.9% of people in Bolivia lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bolivia, 2024 4.9% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 5.1%
World, 2024 18.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Bolivia 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 $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period BoliviaWorld
2024 4.9% 18.2%
2023 5.1% 19.3%
2022 5.7% 20.5%
2021 5.5% 21.4%
2020 6.6% 22.1%
2019 5.8% –
2018 7.9% 22.3%
2017 9.3% 23.6%
2016 10.2% 24.9%
2015 8.8% 26.3%
2014 9.2% 27.9%
2013 9.5% 29.3%
2012 11.1% 32.0%
2011 10.6% 33.6%
2010 – 35.8%
2009 14.5% 38.1%
2008 15.4% 39.3%
2007 19.1% 40.5%
2006 22.5% 42.2%
2005 26.1% 43.7%
2004 21.9% 45.4%
2003 – 47.2%
2002 32.0% 48.6%
2001 30.1% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 5.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9.2%, the figure has changed by −4.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Bolivia
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