Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Japan
3.3% of people in Japan lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2020.
Japan, 2020
3.3%
Change from 2019
−0.4percentage points
World, 2020
50.4%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2020
1.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | – |
| 2018 | 3.3% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 2.4% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | – | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 3.7% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 2.0%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 50.4%.