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⚖️ Poverty & Inequality statistics

168 indicators covering poverty & inequality, each with the full history for every country that reports it, ranked and free to download.

All poverty & inequality indicators

Distribution of population between different poverty lines 120 places, 1963–2025
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 120 places, 1963–2025
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 120 places, 1963–2025
Distribution of population between different poverty lines 120 places, 1963–2025
Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 120 places, 1963–2025
Gini coefficient 120 places, 1963–2025
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 120 places, 1963–2025
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 120 places, 1963–2025
Number of people living in extreme poverty 120 places, 1963–2025
Number of people living in extreme poverty 120 places, 1963–2025
Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 120 places, 1963–2025
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 120 places, 1963–2025
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 120 places, 1963–2025
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 120 places, 1963–2025
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 120 places, 1963–2025
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 120 places, 1963–2025
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 120 places, 1963–2025
Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 120 places, 1963–2025
Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 120 places, 1963–2025
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 120 places, 1963–2025
Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 120 places, 1963–2025
Share of population living in extreme poverty 120 places, 1963–2025
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 120 places, 1963–2025
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 120 places, 1963–2025
Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 120 places, 1963–2025
Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 120 places, 1963–2025
Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 120 places, 1963–2025
The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 120 places, 1963–2025
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 120 places, 1963–2025
Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 96 places, 1984–2024
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 118 places, 1990–2025
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) 70 places, 1985–2025
Share of population living below national poverty lines 70 places, 1985–2025
Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) (% of population) 74 places, 2008–2025
Gini coefficient (after tax) 48 places, 1963–2024
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 48 places, 1963–2024
Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 119 places, 1963–2023
Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 119 places, 1963–2023
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 119 places, 1963–2023
Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 119 places, 1963–2023
Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 119 places, 1963–2023
Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 119 places, 1963–2023
Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 119 places, 1963–2023
Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 119 places, 1963–2023
Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age (%) 79 places, 2000–2025
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax 39 places, 1976–2024
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax among total vs. working age population 39 places, 1999–2024
Proportion of population living below the national poverty line (%) 73 places, 1985–2025
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded from social transfers) by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys 48 places, 1995–2025
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in social transfers) by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys 48 places, 1995–2025
Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys 48 places, 1995–2025
Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age 53 places, 2003–2025
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 53 places, 2003–2025
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 53 places, 2003–2025
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 53 places, 2003–2025
Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and poverty status 53 places, 2005–2025
Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction (percentage of GNI) 32 places, 2000–2024
Share of population living in extreme poverty 25 places, 1820–2018
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys 48 places, 2007–2025
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity limitation), sex and age 53 places, 2010–2025

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