Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Netherlands
0.1% of people in Netherlands lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2021.
Netherlands, 2021
0.1%
Change from 2020
0percentage points
World, 2021
21.4%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2021
0.4%
Position in 2021
74th of 81
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Netherlands 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 | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | 22.1% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | – |
| 2018 | 0.2% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | 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 unchanged from 2020.
- Since 2011, when it was 0.2%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
- Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Netherlands has the 74th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2021 was 21.4%.
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