World Data Atlas Topics Poverty and Equity

The poverty rate of $1.90 a day in the World

9.3 % in 2017

The poverty rate of $1.90 a day of World fell gradually from 29.9 % in 1998 to 9.3 % in 2017.

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Poverty and equity $1.90 a day the World
Number of Poor 696.4 millions in 2017 WB
Poverty Gap 2.9 % in 2017 WB
World - Poverty Rate - Poverty And Equity
$5.50 a day 43.5 % in 2017 WB
$3.20 a day 24.3 % in 2017 WB
Country (%)
Madagascar 78.8 in 2012 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 77.2 in 2012 WB
South Sudan 76.4 in 2016 WB
Burundi 72.8 in 2013 WB
Malawi 69.2 in 2016 WB
Guinea Bissau 68.4 in 2010 WB
Central African Republic 65.9 in 2008 WB
Mozambique 63.7 in 2014 WB
Uzbekistan 61.6 in 2003 WB
Zambia 58.7 in 2015 WB
Rwanda 56.5 in 2016 WB
Togo 51.1 in 2015 WB
Mali 50.3 in 2009 WB
Angola 49.9 in 2018 WB
Turkmenistan 49.8 in 1998 WB
Benin 49.6 in 2015 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 49.4 in 2017 WB
Niger 45.4 in 2014 WB
Liberia 44.4 in 2016 WB
Burkina Faso 43.8 in 2014 WB
Sierra Leone 43 in 2018 WB
Uganda 41.3 in 2016 WB
Congo 39.6 in 2011 WB
Zimbabwe 39.5 in 2019 WB
Nigeria 39.1 in 2018 WB
Senegal 38.5 in 2011 WB
Chad 38.1 in 2011 WB
Papua New Guinea 38 in 2009 WB
Kenya 37.1 in 2015 WB
Guinea 36.1 in 2012 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 35.6 in 2017 WB
Ethiopia 30.8 in 2015 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 29.8 in 2015 WB
Eswatini 29.2 in 2016 WB
Lesotho 27.2 in 2017 WB
Cameroon 26 in 2014 WB
Solomon Islands 24.7 in 2012 WB
Haiti 24.5 in 2012 WB
India 22.5 in 2011 WB
Timor-Leste 22 in 2014 WB
Suriname 21.1 in 1999 WB
Comoros 19.1 in 2014 WB
South Africa 18.7 in 2014 WB
Yemen 18.3 in 2014 WB
Djibouti 17 in 2017 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 15.4 in 2013 WB
Nepal 15 in 2010 WB
Honduras 14.8 in 2019 WB
Botswana 14.5 in 2015 WB
Bangladesh 14.3 in 2016 WB
Belize 13.9 in 1999 WB
Namibia 13.8 in 2015 WB
Vanuatu 13.2 in 2010 WB
Kiribati 12.9 in 2006 WB
Ghana 12.7 in 2016 WB
Sudan 12.2 in 2014 WB
Guyana 11.8 in 1998 WB
Gambia 10.3 in 2015 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 10 in 2018 WB
Guatemala 8.8 in 2014 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.7 in 2006 WB
Mauritania 6 in 2014 WB
Serbia 5.4 in 2017 WB
Colombia 4.9 in 2019 WB
Brazil 4.6 in 2019 WB
Saint Lucia 4.6 in 2016 WB
Pakistan 4.4 in 2018 WB
Tajikistan 4.1 in 2015 WB
Egypt 3.8 in 2017 WB
Georgia 3.8 in 2019 WB
Ecuador 3.6 in 2019 WB
Cabo Verde 3.4 in 2015 WB
Gabon 3.4 in 2017 WB
Nicaragua 3.4 in 2014 WB
North Macedonia 3.4 in 2018 WB
Tuvalu 3.3 in 2010 WB
Bolivia 3.2 in 2019 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 3.2 in 1992 WB
Indonesia 2.7 in 2019 WB
Philippines 2.7 in 2018 WB
Montenegro 2.5 in 2016 WB
Romania 2.4 in 2018 WB
Peru 2.2 in 2019 WB
Viet Nam 1.8 in 2018 WB
Iraq 1.7 in 2012 WB
Jamaica 1.7 in 2004 WB
Mexico 1.7 in 2018 WB
Argentina 1.5 in 2019 WB
Bhutan 1.5 in 2017 WB
Italy 1.4 in 2017 WB
Myanmar 1.4 in 2017 WB
Albania 1.3 in 2017 WB
El Salvador 1.3 in 2019 WB
Panama 1.2 in 2019 WB
Armenia 1.1 in 2019 WB
Samoa 1.1 in 2013 WB
Costa Rica 1 in 2019 WB
Tonga 1 in 2015 WB
United States of America 1 in 2018 WB
Bulgaria 0.9 in 2018 WB
Lithuania 0.9 in 2018 WB
Morocco 0.9 in 2013 WB
Paraguay 0.9 in 2019 WB
Spain 0.9 in 2018 WB
Sri Lanka 0.9 in 2016 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 0.9 in 2003 WB
Palestine 0.8 in 2016 WB
Japan 0.7 in 2013 WB
Sweden 0.7 in 2018 WB
Austria 0.6 in 2018 WB
Dominican Republic 0.6 in 2019 WB
Kyrgyzstan 0.6 in 2019 WB
Australia 0.5 in 2014 WB
China 0.5 in 2016 WB
Fiji 0.5 in 2013 WB
Iran 0.5 in 2018 WB
Mongolia 0.5 in 2018 WB
Seychelles 0.5 in 2018 WB
Algeria 0.4 in 2011 WB
Croatia 0.4 in 2018 WB
Turkey 0.4 in 2019 WB
Chile 0.3 in 2017 WB
Latvia 0.3 in 2018 WB
Luxembourg 0.3 in 2018 WB
Norway 0.3 in 2018 WB
Portugal 0.3 in 2018 WB
United Kingdom 0.3 in 2017 WB
Canada 0.2 in 2017 WB
Denmark 0.2 in 2018 WB
Estonia 0.2 in 2018 WB
Hungary 0.2 in 2018 WB
Ireland 0.2 in 2017 WB
Israel 0.2 in 2016 WB
Mauritius 0.2 in 2017 WB
Poland 0.2 in 2018 WB
Republic of Korea 0.2 in 2016 WB
Slovakia 0.2 in 2018 WB
Tunisia 0.2 in 2015 WB
Belgium 0.1 in 2018 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1 in 2011 WB
Finland 0.1 in 2018 WB
Greece 0.1 in 2018 WB
Jordan 0.1 in 2010 WB
Malta 0.1 in 2018 WB
Netherlands 0.1 in 2018 WB
Thailand 0.1 in 2019 WB
Uruguay 0.1 in 2019 WB
Azerbaijan 0 in 2005 WB
Belarus 0 in 2019 WB
Cyprus 0 in 2018 WB
Czech Republic 0 in 2018 WB
France 0 in 2018 WB
Germany 0 in 2016 WB
Iceland 0 in 2017 WB
Kazakhstan 0 in 2018 WB
Lebanon 0 in 2011 WB
Malaysia 0 in 2015 WB
Maldives 0 in 2016 WB
Republic of Moldova 0 in 2018 WB
Russian Federation 0 in 2018 WB
Slovenia 0 in 2018 WB
Switzerland 0 in 2018 WB
Ukraine 0 in 2019 WB
Poverty and Equity