Extreme poverty rate in Zimbabwe
49.2% of people in Zimbabwe lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2019.
The latest value for Zimbabwe is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Zimbabwe, 2019
49.2%
Change from 2017
+4.5percentage points
World, 2024
10.1%
Extreme poverty rate in Zimbabwe 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 | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2019 | 49.2% | – |
| 2018 | – | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 44.7% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 35.7% | 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
- The previous available figure was 44.7% in 2017, a change of +4.5 percentage points.
- Since 2011, when it was 35.7%, the figure has changed by +13.5 percentage points.
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