Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
The share of people living on less than $8.30 a day at 2021 international prices, the World Bank's poverty line for upper-middle-income countries.
81 countries have a value for 2021, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend over time
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
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 | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46.2% | 1.8% | – | – |
| 2023 | 47.1% | 2.1% | – | 80.0% |
| 2022 | 48.3% | 2.2% | 21.3% | 82.1% |
| 2021 | 48.7% | 1.1% | 20.6% | – |
| 2020 | 50.4% | 1.4% | 29.0% | – |
| 2019 | – | 1.8% | 28.3% | – |
| 2018 | 50.4% | 2.0% | 31.6% | – |
| 2017 | 51.5% | 2.2% | 35.6% | – |
| 2016 | 52.4% | 2.1% | 38.0% | – |
| 2015 | 53.5% | 2.3% | 41.7% | – |
| 2014 | 54.7% | 2.3% | 46.1% | – |
| 2013 | 55.8% | 2.1% | 51.0% | – |
| 2012 | 57.5% | 2.2% | 57.4% | – |
| 2011 | 58.8% | 2.3% | 62.1% | 92.5% |
| 2010 | 60.2% | 2.2% | 66.1% | – |
| 2009 | 61.7% | 1.9% | – | 95.0% |
| 2008 | 62.5% | 2.1% | 72.8% | – |
| 2007 | 63.6% | 2.0% | – | – |
| 2006 | 65.0% | 2.0% | – | – |
| 2005 | 66.2% | 2.0% | 81.6% | – |
| 2004 | 67.4% | 2.1% | – | 96.3% |
| 2003 | 68.7% | 2.1% | – | – |
| 2002 | 69.3% | 1.9% | 89.2% | – |
| 2001 | 70.0% | 1.9% | – | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 81 countries with a value for 2021, the highest is Madagascar (96.6%) and the lowest Slovenia (0.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 14.2% and half below.
- The figure for the world was 48.7% in 2021, against 52.4% in 2016 (−3.7 percentage points).
About this measure
Source and dates
All countries in 2021 Every value is for 2021, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Madagascar 96.6%
- 2 Central African Republic 96.1%
- 3 Niger 96.1%
- 4 Ethiopia 93.5%
- 5 Guinea-Bissau 91.4%
- 6 Kenya 91.3%
- 7 Burkina Faso 90.4%
- 8 Mali 88.6%
- 9 Togo 87.0%
- 10 Benin 86.5%
- 11 Côte d'Ivoire 80.9%
- 12 Senegal 78.6%
- 13 Kyrgyzstan 76.9%
- 14 Cameroon 74.0%
- 15 Indonesia 68.5%
- 16 Tajikistan 64.9%
- 17 Georgia 64.6%
- 18 Philippines 62.3%
- 19 Egypt 58.5%
- 20 Armenia 57.0%
- 21 Kosovo 47.0%
- 22 Colombia 44.0%
- 23 Iran 42.8%
- 24 Peru 39.5%
- 25 Uzbekistan 38.1%
- 26 Ecuador 33.5%
- 27 El Salvador 33.5%
- 28 Brazil 30.6%
- 29 Paraguay 27.0%
- 30 Tonga 26.7%
- 31 Jamaica 22.9%
- 32 Dominican Republic 21.8%
- 33 Tunisia 20.7%
- 34 China 20.6%
- 35 Panama 20.3%
- 36 Costa Rica 17.8%
- 37 Bolivia 17.1%
- 38 Moldova 15.4%
- 39 Kazakhstan 15.2%
- 40 Montenegro 14.5%
- 41 Argentina 14.2%
- 42 Thailand 14.1%
- 43 Türkiye 12.9%
- 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.7%
- 45 Serbia 9.4%
- 46 Romania 7.7%
- 47 Uruguay 6.7%
- 48 Bulgaria 6.5%
- 49 Israel 4.3%
- 50 Greece 3.6%
- 51 Malaysia 2.9%
- 52 Slovakia 2.8%
- 53 Latvia 2.4%
- 54 Russia 2.2%
- 55 Spain 2.2%
- 56 Croatia 2.0%
- 57 Portugal 1.9%
- 58 Italy 1.7%
- 59 Sweden 1.5%
- 60 Lithuania 1.4%
- 61 Germany 1.2%
- 62 Austria 1.1%
- 63 Poland 1.1%
- 64 United States 1.1%
- 65 Estonia 1.0%
- 66 United Kingdom 0.9%
- 67 France 0.6%
- 68 Luxembourg 0.5%
- 69 Malta 0.5%
- 70 South Korea 0.5%
- 71 Canada 0.4%
- 72 Norway 0.4%
- 73 Belgium 0.3%
- 74 Czechia 0.3%
- 75 Denmark 0.3%
- 76 Ireland 0.3%
- 77 Netherlands 0.3%
- 78 Finland 0.2%
- 79 Switzerland 0.2%
- 80 Cyprus 0.1%
- 81 Slovenia 0.1%
- East Asia and Pacific 29.2%
- Europe and Central Asia 7.1%
- Latin America and Caribbean 31.0%
- North America 1.0%
- South Asia 83.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 88.8%
- World 48.7%
Downloads
Share and cite
Other citation formats
Embed this chart on your site
Data as JSON: API · how to use it. Updates: Atom feed.
Report a problem with this figure
The plain link always shows the latest figures. The version link keeps today's numbers while that saved publication is retained (the most recent 30 publications).
Related measures
- Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)World Bank
- At-risk-of-poverty rateEurostat
In this topic
Map
The map loads when you scroll to it.
Grey: no value for 2021. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.