Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in World
46.2% of people in the world lived on less than $8.30 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
46.2%
Change from 2023
−0.9percentage points
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 50.4% |
| 2018 | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 47.1% in 2023.
- Since 2013, when it was 55.8%, the figure has changed by −9.6 percentage points.