Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bolivia
Bolivia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 88.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bolivia, 1997–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bolivia is 88.5%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bolivia peaked at 94.5% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 86.3%, in 2013.
That places Bolivia 76th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 93.2% | — |
| 1999 | 93.4% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 94.2% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 94.5% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 94.4% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 93.2% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 91.8% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 91.3% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 91.8% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 91.5% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 91.4% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 88.9% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 88.1% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 86.3% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 86.7% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 87.6% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 88.0% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 87.7% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 88.6% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 88.2% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 87.8% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 88.0% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 88.8% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 87.1% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 88.5% | +1.6% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 88.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.7%, 89% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 88.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 90.4%, 98% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.3% | 93.2% | 93.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 92.6% | 91.3% | 94.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 87.8% | 86.3% | 88.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 88.0% | 87.1% | 88.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More poverty & inequality data for Bolivia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.55 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,209 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 11.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 21.51 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 21.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bolivia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Bolivia was 88.5% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.5% in 2001.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.3% in 2013.
- How does Bolivia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Bolivia ranks 76th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bolivia 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.