Extreme poverty rate in World
10.1% of people in the world lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1981.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
10.1%
Change from 2023
−0.4percentage points
Extreme poverty rate in World 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 | World |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 11.4% |
| 2018 | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 12.6% |
| 2015 | 13.4% |
| 2014 | 14.5% |
| 2013 | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 19.1% |
| 2010 | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 23.1% |
| 2008 | 24.1% |
| 2007 | 25.3% |
| 2006 | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 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 a change of −0.4 percentage points from 10.5% in 2023.
- Since 2013, when it was 15.5%, the figure has changed by −5.4 percentage points.