Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Rwanda
Rwanda: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) was 99.8% in 2016. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Rwanda, 2000–2016
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Rwanda is 99.8%, measured in 2016.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Rwanda peaked at 99.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 99.6%, in 2005.
That places Rwanda 18th out of 119 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 15 Tanzania 99.8% compare
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 99.8% compare
- 17 Mozambique 99.8% compare
- 19 Burkina Faso 99.8% compare
- 20 Pakistan 99.8% compare
- 21 Uganda 99.8% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Rwanda
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.0% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.394 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.2% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1462 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1462 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1683 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4433 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Rwanda?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Rwanda was 99.8% in 2016, 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 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 $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Rwanda ranks 18th out of 119 countries with data for 2016.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 (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.