Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Taiwan
Taiwan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 26.7% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Taiwan, 1981–2021
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 Taiwan stood at 26.7%.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Taiwan peaked at 92.2% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 25.7%, in 2020.
Taiwan ranks 100th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 92.2% | — |
| 1986 | 83.7% | -9.2% |
| 1991 | 50.0% | -40.3% |
| 1995 | 38.5% | -23.0% |
| 1997 | 34.5% | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 30.5% | -11.6% |
| 2005 | 32.2% | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 36.0% | +11.6% |
| 2010 | 41.5% | +15.3% |
| 2013 | 40.0% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 33.7% | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 31.5% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 31.5% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 29.0% | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 25.7% | -11.2% |
| 2021 | 26.7% | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 88.0% | 83.7% | 92.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 41.0% | 34.5% | 50.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 32.9% | 30.5% | 36.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 34.5% | 29.0% | 41.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 26.2% | 25.7% | 26.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More poverty & inequality data for Taiwan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.87 live births per woman (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1054 (2023)
- Three metrics of inequality 60.86 (2017)
- Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6086 (2017)
- Total shortfall from extreme poverty 3.36 million international-$ in 2021 prices (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Taiwan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Taiwan was 26.7% 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 Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 92.2% in 1981.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.7% in 2020.
- How does Taiwan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Taiwan ranks 100th 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 Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Taiwan 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.