Share of population living on less than $5 per day, 1990 to 2017
The share of population with a National Accounts-based income lower than $5 per day, measured in 2011 international-$ (see Sources tab for details). Thefigures are adjusted for inflation and for price differences across countries.
Share under $5 per day percent
Country/area | 1990 | 2017 | Absolute Change | Relative Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 90.0% | 57.6% | -32.4 pp | -36% |
| Albania | 30.6% | 5.0% | -25.6 pp | -84% |
| Algeria | 31.5% | 4.5% | -26.9 pp | -86% |
| Angola | 79.0% | 16.8% | -62.1 pp | -79% |
| Argentina | 6.3% | 0.5% | -5.8 pp | -93% |
| Armenia | 0.6% | 4.5% | +3.9 pp | +624% |
| Australia | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -96% |
| Austria | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pp | +275% |
| Azerbaijan | 1.4% | 1.4% | +0.1 pp | +5% |
| Bahrain | 21.4% | 0.4% | -21.0 pp | -98% |
| Bangladesh | 88.2% | 30.3% | -58.0 pp | -66% |
| Barbados | 3.0% | 6.2% | +3.2 pp | +109% |
| Belarus | 0.0% | 0.8% | +0.8 pp | +152,212% |
| Belgium | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -55% |
| Benin | 71.6% | 67.2% | -4.3 pp | -6% |
| Bolivia | 33.0% | 17.7% | -15.3 pp | -46% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.1% | 4.7% | +0.6 pp | +15% |
| Botswana | 39.7% | 15.0% | -24.7 pp | -62% |
| Brazil | 25.1% | 2.3% | -22.8 pp | -91% |
| Bulgaria | 0.0% | 0.1% | +0.1 pp | +303% |
| Burkina Faso | 88.1% | 76.1% | -11.9 pp | -14% |
| Burundi | 83.9% | 92.8% | +8.9 pp | +11% |
| Cambodia | 77.4% | 41.6% | -35.8 pp | -46% |
| Cameroon | 69.7% | 58.7% | -10.9 pp | -16% |
| Canada | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -72% |
| Cape Verde | 71.2% | 31.7% | -39.4 pp | -55% |
| Central African Republic | 86.4% | 93.5% | +7.1 pp | +8% |
| Chad | 92.2% | 66.6% | -25.6 pp | -28% |
| Chile | 14.5% | 1.4% | -13.1 pp | -90% |
| China | 49.5% | 8.2% | -41.3 pp | -83% |
| Colombia | 16.2% | 6.5% | -9.7 pp | -60% |
| Comoros | 85.0% | 75.2% | -9.9 pp | -12% |
| Congo | 49.5% | 36.4% | -13.1 pp | -26% |
| Costa Rica | 9.5% | 3.8% | -5.7 pp | -60% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 67.4% | 50.0% | -17.4 pp | -26% |
| Croatia | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -55% |
| Cuba | 28.8% | 10.3% | -18.5 pp | -64% |
| Cyprus | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -60% |
| Czechoslovakia | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -69% |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 89.9% | 89.4% | -0.5 pp | -1% |
| Denmark | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -40% |
| Djibouti | 62.3% | 52.1% | -10.2 pp | -16% |
| Dominica | 35.8% | 8.7% | -27.1 pp | -76% |
| Dominican Republic | 36.1% | 1.7% | -34.4 pp | -95% |
| Ecuador | 16.2% | 4.9% | -11.3 pp | -70% |
| Egypt | 40.4% | 8.7% | -31.8 pp | -79% |
| El Salvador | 37.8% | 6.0% | -31.8 pp | -84% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 64.3% | 2.7% | -61.7 pp | -96% |
| Estonia | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pp | +154% |
| Eswatini | 57.0% | 26.7% | -30.3 pp | -53% |
| Ethiopia | 88.3% | 71.8% | -16.5 pp | -19% |
| Finland | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pp | +1,373% |
| France | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -97% |
| Gabon | 26.2% | 8.0% | -18.2 pp | -69% |
| Gambia | 82.5% | 71.6% | -10.9 pp | -13% |
| Georgia | 0.1% | 6.7% | +6.6 pp | +7,671% |
| Germany | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -97% |
| Ghana | 72.4% | 42.3% | -30.2 pp | -42% |
| Greece | 0.3% | 0.0% | -0.3 pp | -93% |
| Guatemala | 33.1% | 13.3% | -19.8 pp | -60% |
| Guinea | 91.4% | 75.4% | -16.0 pp | -18% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 81.9% | 78.2% | -3.7 pp | -5% |
| Haiti | 74.9% | 72.3% | -2.7 pp | -4% |
| Honduras | 55.1% | 29.3% | -25.9 pp | -47% |
| Hong Kong | 0.6% | 0.4% | -0.2 pp | -40% |
| Hungary | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -94% |
| Iceland | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -100% |
| India | 60.0% | 14.0% | -46.1 pp | -77% |
| Indonesia | 21.6% | 9.2% | -12.5 pp | -58% |
| Iran | 35.8% | 7.1% | -28.7 pp | -80% |
| Iraq | 39.1% | 6.3% | -32.8 pp | -84% |
| Ireland | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.1 pp | -100% |
| Israel | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pp | +25% |
| Italy | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pp | +18% |
| Jamaica | 20.7% | 18.0% | -2.7 pp | -13% |
| Japan | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pp | +7,505% |
| Jordan | 24.0% | 8.0% | -16.0 pp | -67% |
| Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0.4% | +0.3 pp | +869% |
| Kenya | 74.1% | 54.8% | -19.3 pp | -26% |
| Kuwait | 11.6% | 0.1% | -11.5 pp | -99% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9.4% | 19.8% | +10.4 pp | +111% |
| Laos | 75.5% | 20.7% | -54.8 pp | -73% |
| Latvia | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pp | +20,171% |
| Lebanon | 48.6% | 6.7% | -41.9 pp | -86% |
| Lesotho | 73.4% | 58.8% | -14.7 pp | -20% |
| Liberia | 73.3% | 89.7% | +16.5 pp | +22% |
| Libya | 30.6% | 6.5% | -24.1 pp | -79% |
| Lithuania | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pp | +103% |
| Luxembourg | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pp | +1,947% |
| Madagascar | 82.1% | 79.0% | -3.1 pp | -4% |
| Malawi | 89.0% | 84.2% | -4.8 pp | -5% |
| Malaysia | 13.1% | 0.6% | -12.6 pp | -96% |
| Mali | 84.6% | 74.1% | -10.5 pp | -12% |
| Malta | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -100% |
| Mauritania | 80.2% | 48.1% | -32.1 pp | -40% |
| Mauritius | 13.3% | 5.5% | -7.8 pp | -59% |
| Mexico | 10.3% | 2.3% | -8.0 pp | -78% |
| Moldova | 0.2% | 14.1% | +13.9 pp | +7,763% |
| Mongolia | 62.3% | 4.5% | -57.8 pp | -93% |
| Montenegro | 2.6% | 0.1% | -2.5 pp | -97% |
| Morocco | 44.6% | 22.6% | -22.0 pp | -49% |
| Mozambique | 72.8% | 84.1% | +11.3 pp | +16% |
| Myanmar | 80.7% | 17.0% | -63.7 pp | -79% |
| Namibia | 42.7% | 15.4% | -27.4 pp | -64% |
| Nepal | 79.3% | 44.0% | -35.3 pp | -45% |
| Netherlands | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -100% |
| New Zealand | 0.0% | 0.7% | +0.7 pp | +1,632% |
| Nicaragua | 63.5% | 21.0% | -42.5 pp | -67% |
| Niger | 88.9% | 87.7% | -1.3 pp | -1% |
| Nigeria | 73.1% | 24.9% | -48.2 pp | -66% |
| North Korea | 52.6% | 70.0% | +17.4 pp | +33% |
| North Macedonia | 0.6% | 1.3% | +0.7 pp | +116% |
| Norway | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.1 pp | -100% |
| Oman | 10.5% | 0.5% | -10.0 pp | -95% |
| Pakistan | 50.6% | 16.8% | -33.8 pp | -67% |
| Palestine | 33.1% | 33.8% | +0.7 pp | +2% |
| Panama | 23.8% | 1.7% | -22.1 pp | -93% |
| Paraguay | 15.6% | 7.6% | -8.0 pp | -51% |
| Peru | 31.3% | 3.1% | -28.2 pp | -90% |
| Philippines | 41.6% | 11.3% | -30.3 pp | -73% |
| Poland | 0.8% | 0.0% | -0.8 pp | -100% |
| Portugal | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -57% |
| Puerto Rico | 2.7% | 0.2% | -2.5 pp | -94% |
| Qatar | 8.4% | 0.0% | -8.4 pp | -100% |
| Romania | 0.9% | 0.1% | -0.8 pp | -91% |
| Russia | 0.2% | 0.0% | -0.2 pp | -98% |
| Rwanda | 78.7% | 72.9% | -5.7 pp | -7% |
| Saint Lucia | 17.9% | 3.6% | -14.2 pp | -80% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 64.0% | 44.8% | -19.2 pp | -30% |
| Saudi Arabia | 5.6% | 0.2% | -5.4 pp | -97% |
| Senegal | 75.0% | 61.3% | -13.7 pp | -18% |
| Serbia | 0.4% | 0.4% | -0.1 pp | -18% |
| Seychelles | 23.1% | 0.2% | -22.9 pp | -99% |
| Sierra Leone | 77.8% | 74.0% | -3.9 pp | -5% |
| Singapore | 1.1% | 0.0% | -1.1 pp | -100% |
| Slovenia | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -93% |
| South Africa | 41.2% | 23.5% | -17.7 pp | -43% |
| South Korea | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.1 pp | -100% |
| Spain | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -49% |
| Sri Lanka | 30.6% | 2.0% | -28.6 pp | -94% |
| Sweden | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -63% |
| Switzerland | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -100% |
| Syria | 16.8% | 48.6% | +31.8 pp | +190% |
| Taiwan | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -100% |
| Tajikistan | 6.1% | 28.2% | +22.0 pp | +361% |
| Tanzania | 88.8% | 57.5% | -31.3 pp | -35% |
| Thailand | 21.5% | 4.2% | -17.3 pp | -81% |
| Togo | 81.3% | 79.0% | -2.3 pp | -3% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1.2% | 0.0% | -1.1 pp | -96% |
| Tunisia | 36.2% | 13.7% | -22.5 pp | -62% |
| Turkey | 8.5% | 1.1% | -7.4 pp | -87% |
| Turkmenistan | 3.2% | 0.1% | -3.1 pp | -98% |
| Uganda | 87.7% | 69.0% | -18.7 pp | -21% |
| Ukraine | 0.0% | 4.7% | +4.6 pp | +22,031% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.1% | 0.0% | -2.1 pp | -98% |
| United Kingdom | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -98% |
| United States | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0 pp | -49% |
| Uruguay | 3.4% | 0.3% | -3.0 pp | -90% |
| Uzbekistan | 1.3% | 5.4% | +4.1 pp | +303% |
| Venezuela | 1.6% | 2.2% | +0.7 pp | +43% |
| Vietnam | 72.2% | 13.5% | -58.7 pp | -81% |
| Yemen | 42.2% | 59.7% | +17.5 pp | +41% |
| Zambia | 85.1% | 55.3% | -29.7 pp | -35% |
| Zimbabwe | 59.5% | 75.6% | +16.0 pp | +27% |
| Other | ||||
| Former Sudan | 82.2% | 47.6% | -34.6 pp | -42% |
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