Extreme poverty rate in North America
0.9% of people in North America lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2024.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024
0.9%
Change from 2023
−0.2percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Extreme poverty rate in North America over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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 | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9% | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | – |
| 2018 | 1.0% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 1.1% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.2%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 10.1%.