Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Switzerland
Switzerland: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 10.7% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Switzerland, 1982–2020
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 Switzerland is 10.7%, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Switzerland peaked at 16.2% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 10.6%, in 2012.
Switzerland ranks 116th 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 $30 a day … 2011 in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 15.7% | — |
| 1992 | 16.2% | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 14.2% | -12.1% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 15.8% | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 15.2% | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 14.5% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 13.4% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 12.1% | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 10.6% | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 11.6% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 11.9% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 12.5% | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | -8.9% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 10.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 39% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 10.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 19% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.7% | 15.7% | 15.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 16.2% | 16.2% | 16.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.9% | 13.4% | 16.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.9% | 10.6% | 13.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More poverty & inequality data for Switzerland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.43 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,706 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 -6.17 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 26.79 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 26.8% (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 Switzerland?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Switzerland was 10.7% in 2020, 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 16.2% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 2012.
- How does Switzerland rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Switzerland ranks 116th out of 119 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.