Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Pakistan
47.9% of people in Pakistan lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024.
Pakistan, 2024
47.9%
Change from 2018
+3.2percentage points
World, 2024
18.2%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Pakistan 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 | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47.9% | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | – | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2018 | 44.7% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | – | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 44.8% | 26.3% |
| 2014 | – | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 49.3% | 29.3% |
| 2012 | – | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 55.9% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 57.2% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | – | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 64.7% | 40.5% |
| 2006 | – | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 69.0% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 68.5% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | 80.0% | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 44.7% in 2018, a change of +3.2 percentage points.
- Since 1998, when it was 74.9%, the figure has changed by −27.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.