Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data was 10.01 million people in 2022. ▼ Falling
Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data in Bangladesh, 1983–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
In 2022, number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Bangladesh stood at 10.01 million people. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of down 73.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Bangladesh peaked at 58.82 million people in 1991 and was at its lowest, 10.01 million people, in 2022.
That places Bangladesh 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47.63 million people | 42.01 million people | 55.36 million people | 3 |
| 1990s | 56.26 million people | 53.69 million people | 58.82 million people | 2 |
| 2000s | 51.22 million people | 46.77 million people | 55.67 million people | 2 |
| 2010s | 34.80 million people | 31.38 million people | 38.23 million people | 2 |
| 2020s | 10.01 million people | 10.01 million people | 10.01 million people | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More poverty & inequality data for Bangladesh
- 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 2.16 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,408 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 7.3% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.487 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1263 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1263 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1385 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 6.5% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3594 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Bangladesh?
- Number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data in Bangladesh was 10.01 million people in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 58.82 million people in 1991.
- What is the lowest number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.01 million people in 2022.
- How does Bangladesh rank for number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data?
- Bangladesh ranks 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is number of people living in extreme poverty: september 2024 data vs. latest data rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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 Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.