Extreme poverty rate in Tunisia

0.7% of people in Tunisia lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2021.

Measure: Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1985 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Tunisia, 2021 0.7% % of population
Change from 2015 0percentage points 2015: 0.7%
World, 2021 11.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 43rd of 81 See the full ranking

Extreme poverty rate in Tunisia over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period TunisiaWorld
2024 – 10.1%
2023 – 10.5%
2022 – 10.9%
2021 0.7% 11.3%
2020 – 11.4%
2018 – 11.1%
2017 – 11.8%
2016 – 12.6%
2015 0.7% 13.4%
2014 – 14.5%
2013 – 15.5%
2012 – 17.8%
2011 – 19.1%
2010 3.1% 21.0%
2009 – 23.1%
2008 – 24.1%
2007 – 25.3%
2006 – 27.0%
2005 5.9% 28.3%
2004 – 30.3%
2003 – 32.2%
2002 – 33.7%
2001 – 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 0.7% in 2015.
  • Since 1985, when it was 21.6%, the figure has changed by −20.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Tunisia has the 43rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 11.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.DDAY · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1985 to 2021 for Tunisia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform