Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in United States
1.8% of people in United States lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024.
United States, 2024
1.8%
Change from 2023
−0.3percentage points
World, 2024
46.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
12.6%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in United States 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 | United States | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.8% | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 2.1% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 1.4% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 1.8% | – |
| 2018 | 2.0% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 2.2% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 2.3% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 2.3% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 2.2% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 2.2% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 2.1% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 2.1% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 2.3%, the figure has changed by −0.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.