Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Pakistan
87.1% of people in Pakistan lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1987.
Pakistan, 2024
87.1%
Change from 2018
−1.3percentage points
World, 2024
46.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | 87.1% | 46.2% |
| 2023 | – | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2018 | 88.4% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | – | 51.5% |
| 2016 | – | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 87.4% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | – | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 90.0% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | – | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 91.8% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 92.7% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | – | 61.7% |
| 2008 | – | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 93.6% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 94.1% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 94.1% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 96.9% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 88.4% in 2018, a change of −1.3 percentage points.
- Since 1998, when it was 94.7%, the figure has changed by −7.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.