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

17.4% of people in Bolivia lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bolivia, 2024 17.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.9percentage points 2023: 16.5%
World, 2024 46.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 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 $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period BoliviaWorld
2024 17.4% 46.2%
2023 16.5% 47.1%
2022 18.5% 48.3%
2021 17.1% 48.7%
2020 19.5% 50.4%
2019 17.8% –
2018 21.3% 50.4%
2017 23.1% 51.5%
2016 23.7% 52.4%
2015 23.0% 53.5%
2014 22.6% 54.7%
2013 23.6% 55.8%
2012 25.9% 57.5%
2011 25.3% 58.8%
2010 – 60.2%
2009 31.9% 61.7%
2008 36.6% 62.5%
2007 42.7% 63.6%
2006 44.6% 65.0%
2005 49.5% 66.2%
2004 49.3% 67.4%
2003 – 68.7%
2002 56.4% 69.3%
2001 54.2% 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 16.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.6%, the figure has changed by −5.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · 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