Extreme poverty rate in Japan

1.2% of people in Japan lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2020.

Measure: Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 2008 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Japan, 2020 1.2% % of population
Change from 2019 −0.1percentage points 2019: 1.3%
World, 2020 11.4% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020 0.4% Middle value of 35 countries

Extreme poverty rate in Japan 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.

Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period JapanWorld
2024 – 10.1%
2023 – 10.5%
2022 – 10.9%
2021 – 11.3%
2020 1.2% 11.4%
2019 1.3% –
2018 1.0% 11.1%
2017 0.6% 11.8%
2016 0.7% 12.6%
2015 0.4% 13.4%
2014 0.7% 14.5%
2013 0.9% 15.5%
2012 1.4% 17.8%
2011 0.5% 19.1%
2010 0.6% 21.0%
2009 0.8% 23.1%
2008 1.1% 24.1%
2007 – 25.3%
2006 – 27.0%
2005 – 28.3%
2004 – 30.3%
2003 – 32.2%
2002 – 33.7%
2001 – 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 1.3% in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 0.6%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 11.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.DDAY · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2008 to 2020 for Japan
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