Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Pakistan
Pakistan: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 23.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Pakistan, 1990–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Pakistan is 23.0%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Pakistan peaked at 79.5% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 16.5%, in 2018.
Pakistan ranks 20th of 118 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.4% | 45.3% | 79.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 43.2% | 34.9% | 56.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 21.5% | 16.5% | 26.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 23.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More poverty & inequality data for Pakistan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.6 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,634 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.4% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.536 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 8.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1502 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1502 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1759 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2816 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Pakistan?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Pakistan was 23.0% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 79.5% in 1990.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.5% in 2018.
- How does Pakistan rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- Pakistan ranks 20th out of 118 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.