Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Central African Republic

83.9% of people in Central African Republic lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2021.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1992 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Central African Republic, 2021 83.9% % of population
Change from 2008 +4.8percentage points 2008: 79.1%
World, 2021 21.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 2nd of 81 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Central African Republic 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 Central African RepublicWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 – 19.3%
2022 – 20.5%
2021 83.9% 21.4%
2020 – 22.1%
2018 – 22.3%
2017 – 23.6%
2016 – 24.9%
2015 – 26.3%
2014 – 27.9%
2013 – 29.3%
2012 – 32.0%
2011 – 33.6%
2010 – 35.8%
2009 – 38.1%
2008 79.1% 39.3%
2007 – 40.5%
2006 – 42.2%
2005 – 43.7%
2004 – 45.4%
2003 – 47.2%
2002 – 48.6%
2001 – 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 79.1% in 2008, a change of +4.8 percentage points.
  • Since 1992, when it was 90.3%, the figure has changed by −6.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Central African Republic has the 2nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 21.4%.

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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
1992 to 2021 for Central African Republic
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