Extreme poverty rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
45.0% of people in Sub-Saharan Africa lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2024.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
45.0%
Change from 2023
−0.5percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Extreme poverty rate in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45.0% | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 45.5% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 45.6% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 46.2% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 46.0% | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 43.9% | – |
| 2018 | 44.1% | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 44.6% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 45.1% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 45.4% | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 45.3% | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 46.1% | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 47.2% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 48.4% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 49.4% | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 51.4% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 51.9% | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 53.1% | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 54.3% | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 55.4% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 56.9% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | 59.9% | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 60.8% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | 61.2% | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 45.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 45.3%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 10.1%.