Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Nepal

9.1% of people in Nepal lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2022.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1984 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Nepal, 2022 9.1% % of population
Change from 2010 −35.2percentage points 2010: 44.3%
World, 2022 20.5% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Nepal 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 NepalWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 – 19.3%
2022 9.1% 20.5%
2021 – 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 44.3% 35.8%
2009 – 38.1%
2008 – 39.3%
2007 – 40.5%
2006 – 42.2%
2005 – 43.7%
2004 – 45.4%
2003 74.1% 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 44.3% in 2010, a change of −35.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1984, when it was 93.0%, the figure has changed by −83.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 20.5%.

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
1984 to 2022 for Nepal
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