Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Estonia
Estonia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 35.9% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Estonia, 1993–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Estonia stood at 35.9%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.8% on the previous year and down 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Estonia peaked at 95.7% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 35.9%, in 2021.
Estonia ranks 96th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 95.7% | — |
| 2003 | 92.2% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 91.6% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 87.8% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 82.9% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 74.3% | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 73.8% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 77.0% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 79.3% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 77.8% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 75.1% | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 70.8% | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 66.4% | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 61.1% | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 55.8% | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 51.9% | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 47.9% | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 45.0% | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 42.7% | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 35.9% | -15.8% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 35.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 35.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 63% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.7% | 95.7% | 95.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 82.8% | 73.8% | 92.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 63.1% | 45.0% | 79.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.3% | 35.9% | 42.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More poverty & inequality data for Estonia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.35 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,410 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 -19.29 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 33.51 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 33.5% (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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Estonia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Estonia was 35.9% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 1993.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.9% in 2021.
- How does Estonia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Estonia ranks 96th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.