Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Rwanda
Rwanda: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 99.6% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Rwanda, 2000–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 99.6% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Rwanda peaked at 99.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 99.6%, in 2005.
Rwanda ranks 27th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 99.8% | — |
| 2005 | 99.6% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 99.6% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.8% | 3 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
More poverty & inequality data for Rwanda
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.7 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,784 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 11.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 13.98 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.0% (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 Rwanda?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Rwanda was 99.6% in 2023, 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.6% in 2005.
- How does Rwanda rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Rwanda ranks 27th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.