Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Japan
1.6% of people in Japan lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2020.
Japan, 2020
1.6%
Change from 2019
−0.1percentage points
World, 2020
22.1%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
0.5%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Japan over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 1.7% | – |
| 2018 | 1.7% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 1.2% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 1.2% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | 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
- That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 1.7% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 0.9%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 22.1%.