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Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices by country

Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $1.90 per day.

Countries reporting
119
Highest
182.04 million people
India
Lowest
0 people
Taiwan
Median
130,708 people
Years covered
61
1963–2023
Data points
2,016

What the numbers show

Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 182.04 million people in India; the lowest is 0 people in Taiwan.

The median across all reporting countries is 130,708 people, and the mean is 4.75 million people.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 3,950.5%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).

Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 182.04 million people 2021 down 37.0% falling
2 Nigeria 79.00 million people 2018 up 11.2% rising
3 Ethiopia 32.13 million people 2015 up 7.3% falling
4 Tanzania, United Republic of 28.60 million people 2018 up 13.8% rising
5 Kenya 24.23 million people 2021 up 37.4% rising
6 Mozambique 22.87 million people 2019 up 47.6% rising
7 Madagascar 18.46 million people 2012 up 61.5% rising
8 Uganda 17.91 million people 2019 up 26.8% rising
9 Malawi 13.99 million people 2019 up 32.8% rising
10 Zambia 12.32 million people 2022 up 45.5% rising
11 South Africa 10.42 million people 2014 down 17.2% falling
12 Niger 10.37 million people 2021 up 18.5% rising
13 Bangladesh 9.31 million people 2022 down 67.3% falling
14 Burundi 8.58 million people 2020 up 14.2% rising
15 Pakistan 7.95 million people 2018 down 63.6% volatile
16 Philippines 7.23 million people 2021 down 37.6% falling
17 Rwanda 6.87 million people 2016 up 8.0% rising
18 Cameroon 6.49 million people 2021 up 12.1% rising
19 Burkina Faso 6.34 million people 2021 down 26.9% falling
20 Brazil 6.21 million people 2022 down 20.2% volatile
21 Syria 5.05 million people 2022 up 3,950.5% volatile
22 Mali 4.93 million people 2021 down 36.7% falling
23 United States of America 4.16 million people 2022 up 32.8% rising
24 Ghana 4.09 million people 2016 down 28.0% falling
25 Indonesia 3.09 million people 2023 down 83.1% volatile
26 Colombia 2.95 million people 2022 up 3.2% falling
27 Guinea 2.95 million people 2018 down 47.3% falling
28 Egypt 2.82 million people 2019 down 28.4% volatile
29 Côte d'Ivoire 2.08 million people 2021 down 66.2% volatile
30 Togo 1.89 million people 2021 down 49.0% falling
31 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.81 million people 2006 down 12.7% volatile
32 Benin 1.60 million people 2021 down 69.5% falling
33 Mexico 1.52 million people 2022 down 69.3% falling
34 Honduras 1.47 million people 2019 up 25.5% falling
35 Senegal 1.45 million people 2021 down 70.9% falling
36 Guatemala 1.34 million people 2014 down 8.8% volatile
37 Viet Nam 1.28 million people 2022 down 47.5% volatile
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 713,787 people 2018 down 54.2% falling
39 Peru 697,095 people 2022 down 51.2% volatile
40 Ecuador 690,953 people 2023 up 35.4% volatile
41 Guinea-Bissau 594,600 people 2021 down 44.5% rising
42 Italy 481,658 people 2021 down 29.8% volatile
43 Nepal 424,602 people 2022 down 89.6% volatile
44 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 388,054 people 2021 down 48.2% volatile
45 Türkiye 372,659 people 2021 up 287.6% volatile
46 Uzbekistan 363,028 people 2022 — volatile
47 Gambia 362,504 people 2020 down 26.4% falling
48 Tajikistan 351,253 people 2015 down 61.1% volatile
49 Botswana 339,887 people 2015 down 33.4% falling
50 Romania 326,539 people 2021 down 67.1% volatile
51 Morocco 314,125 people 2013 down 81.3% volatile
52 Iran, Islamic Republic of 295,984 people 2022 up 178.6% volatile
53 Spain 267,544 people 2021 down 50.0% rising
54 Mauritania 219,776 people 2019 down 38.0% falling
55 Nicaragua 211,610 people 2014 down 54.2% volatile
56 El Salvador 203,233 people 2022 down 21.8% volatile
57 Germany 202,743 people 2020 — volatile
58 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 164,282 people 2021 up 5.0% volatile
59 Sri Lanka 134,320 people 2019 down 77.0% volatile
60 Georgia 130,708 people 2022 down 58.6% volatile
61 Australia 124,091 people 2018 up 61.7% falling
62 Canada 93,491 people 2019 up 13.8% volatile
63 Serbia 84,939 people 2021 down 77.9% falling
64 Paraguay 82,232 people 2022 down 56.3% volatile
65 Panama 77,695 people 2023 down 27.0% volatile
66 Chile 68,860 people 2022 down 33.3% volatile
67 Sweden 65,100 people 2021 up 29.4% volatile
68 Greece 60,226 people 2021 down 53.8% volatile
69 North Macedonia 57,729 people 2019 down 71.2% falling
70 Bulgaria 47,709 people 2021 down 73.5% volatile
71 Dominican Republic 47,206 people 2022 down 81.9% volatile
72 Costa Rica 44,412 people 2023 down 41.6% volatile
73 Tunisia 43,633 people 2021 down 80.1% volatile
74 Austria 43,509 people 2021 up 24.8% volatile
75 France 38,190 people 2021 up 126.7% volatile
76 Palestine, State of 36,706 people 2016 up 243.6% volatile
77 Poland 36,476 people 2021 down 69.5% volatile
78 Belize 34,055 people 1999 up 74.3% rising
79 Hungary 29,753 people 2021 up 261.1% volatile
80 Portugal 23,470 people 2021 down 55.7% volatile
81 Armenia 23,462 people 2022 down 12.2% volatile
82 Israel 22,700 people 2021 up 26.7% rising
83 Kyrgyzstan 17,728 people 2022 down 87.3% volatile
84 Russian Federation 14,837 people 2020 down 88.1% volatile
85 Montenegro 12,504 people 2021 down 39.9% falling
86 Croatia 12,445 people 2021 down 56.3% volatile
87 Netherlands 12,224 people 2021 down 23.8% volatile
88 Denmark 9,001 people 2021 — volatile
89 Jamaica 8,759 people 2021 — volatile
90 Ukraine 8,444 people 2020 up 547.5% volatile
91 Norway 8,371 people 2019 up 192.5% falling
92 Latvia 7,405 people 2021 down 62.8% volatile
93 Jordan 7,262 people 2010 down 86.2% volatile
94 Lithuania 7,019 people 2021 down 66.9% volatile
95 Czechia 6,288 people 2021 up 30.1% volatile
96 Thailand 5,886 people 2021 down 80.6% volatile
97 Mongolia 4,919 people 2022 down 50.0% volatile
98 Slovakia 4,602 people 2021 down 79.9% volatile
99 Uruguay 3,919 people 2022 down 23.0% volatile
100 Estonia 3,543 people 2021 down 72.8% volatile
101 Belgium 3,472 people 2021 down 81.3% volatile
102 Switzerland 3,213 people 2020 down 15.6% volatile
103 Ireland 3,198 people 2021 down 85.2% volatile
104 Kazakhstan 1,868 people 2021 down 63.1% volatile
105 Finland 1,110 people 2021 down 56.5% volatile
106 Malta 1,087 people 2020 up 35.4% volatile
107 Republic of Moldova 672 people 2021 down 91.3% volatile
108 Albania 604 people 2020 down 93.5% volatile
109 Luxembourg 320 people 2021 down 47.5% volatile
110 Cyprus 66 people 2021 down 28.3% volatile
111 Bhutan 44 people 2022 down 99.7% volatile
112 Azerbaijan 0 people 2005 down 100.0% volatile
112 Belarus 0 people 2020 — volatile
112 China 0 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
112 Iceland 0 people 2017 down 100.0% volatile
112 Republic of Korea 0 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
112 Malaysia 0 people 2021 down 100.0% volatile
112 Slovenia 0 people 2021 — volatile
112 Taiwan 0 people 2021 — volatile

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Indicator
Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices
Unit
people
Source
World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
119 places, 2,016 data points, 1963–2023
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Number of people living in households with an income or consumption below $1.90 per day.