Extreme poverty rate in South Asia
2.6% of people in South Asia lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1981.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
2.6%
Change from 2023
−1.5percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Extreme poverty rate in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.6% | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 6.1% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 7.9% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | 11.4% |
| 2018 | – | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 20.0% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 22.8% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 25.2% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 27.6% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 30.4% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 34.6% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 36.8% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 38.1% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 40.7% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 43.3% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 45.0% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 45.6% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 46.0% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 4.1% in 2023.
- Since 2009, when it was 34.6%, the figure has changed by −32.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 10.1%.