Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Zimbabwe

86.2% of people in Zimbabwe lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2019.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 2011 to 2019 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Zimbabwe is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Zimbabwe, 2019 86.2% % of population
Change from 2017 +0.7percentage points 2017: 85.5%
World, 2024 46.2% Official aggregate Not the same period as Zimbabwe (2019).

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Zimbabwe over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period ZimbabweWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 – 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2019 86.2% –
2018 – 50.4%
2017 85.5% 51.5%
2016 – 52.4%
2015 – 53.5%
2014 – 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 – 57.5%
2011 83.2% 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

  • The previous available figure was 85.5% in 2017, a change of +0.7 percentage points.
  • Since 2011, when it was 83.2%, the figure has changed by +3.0 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2011 to 2019 for Zimbabwe
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform