Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in World
18.2% of people in the world lived on less than $4.20 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
18.2%
Change from 2023
−1.1percentage points
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 22.1% |
| 2018 | 22.3% |
| 2017 | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 24.9% |
| 2015 | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 27.9% |
| 2013 | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 39.3% |
| 2007 | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 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
- That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 19.3% in 2023.
- Since 2013, when it was 29.3%, the figure has changed by −11.1 percentage points.