Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Tunisia

2.4% of people in Tunisia lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1985.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1985 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Tunisia, 2021 2.4% % of population
Change from 2015 −0.4percentage points 2015: 2.8%
World, 2021 21.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 39th of 81 See the full ranking

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period TunisiaWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 – 19.3%
2022 – 20.5%
2021 2.4% 21.4%
2020 – 22.1%
2018 – 22.3%
2017 – 23.6%
2016 – 24.9%
2015 2.8% 26.3%
2014 – 27.9%
2013 – 29.3%
2012 – 32.0%
2011 – 33.6%
2010 8.2% 35.8%
2009 – 38.1%
2008 – 39.3%
2007 – 40.5%
2006 – 42.2%
2005 14.5% 43.7%
2004 – 45.4%
2003 – 47.2%
2002 – 48.6%
2001 – 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 2.8% in 2015, a change of −0.4 percentage points.
  • Since 1985, when it was 36.8%, the figure has changed by −34.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 81 countries with data for 2021, Tunisia has the 39th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 21.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · 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