Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Indonesia
Indonesia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.1% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Indonesia, 1984–2025
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 Indonesia is 99.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Indonesia peaked at 100.0% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 99.1%, in 2025.
That places Indonesia 36th out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 100.0% | — |
| 1987 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.7% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 99.6% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.5% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.4% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 99.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.5% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.4% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 99.4% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 100.0% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 99.4% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 99.1% | 99.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 33 Armenia 99.5% compare
- 34 Lao People's Democratic Republic 99.3% compare
- 35 Tajikistan 99.3% compare
- 37 Azerbaijan 99.1% compare
- 38 Georgia 99.0% compare
- 39 Republic of Moldova 98.8% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Indonesia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,829 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.0857 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.31 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.3% (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 Indonesia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Indonesia was 99.1% in 2025, 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1984.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.1% in 2025.
- How does Indonesia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Indonesia ranks 36th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.