Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Côte d'Ivoire

41.6% of people in Côte d'Ivoire lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2021.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1985 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Côte d'Ivoire, 2021 41.6% % of population
Change from 2018 +0.3percentage points 2018: 41.3%
World, 2021 21.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 11th of 81 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Côte d'Ivoire 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 Côte d'IvoireWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 – 19.3%
2022 – 20.5%
2021 41.6% 21.4%
2020 – 22.1%
2018 41.3% 22.3%
2017 – 23.6%
2016 – 24.9%
2015 64.7% 26.3%
2014 – 27.9%
2013 – 29.3%
2012 – 32.0%
2011 – 33.6%
2010 – 35.8%
2009 – 38.1%
2008 64.1% 39.3%
2007 – 40.5%
2006 – 42.2%
2005 – 43.7%
2004 – 45.4%
2003 – 47.2%
2002 64.7% 48.6%
2001 – 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 41.3% in 2018, a change of +0.3 percentage points.
  • Since 1986, when it was 25.5%, the figure has changed by +16.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Côte d'Ivoire has the 11th 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
1985 to 2021 for Côte d'Ivoire
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