Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 100.0% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Ethiopia, 1995–2021
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 Ethiopia is 100.0%, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Ethiopia peaked at 100.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 99.7%, in 1995.
That places Ethiopia 5th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 99.7% | — |
| 1999 | 100.0% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.8% | 99.7% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More poverty & inequality data for Ethiopia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.99 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,632 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 -0.9299 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -50 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.497 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 10.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Ethiopia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Ethiopia was 100.0% in 2021, 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.7% in 1995.
- How does Ethiopia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Ethiopia ranks 5th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.