Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Tunisia
Tunisia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 97.1% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Tunisia, 1985–2021
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 Tunisia is 97.1%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Tunisia peaked at 99.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 97.1%, in 2021.
Tunisia ranks 47th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 98.9% | — |
| 1990 | 99.0% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 98.8% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 98.3% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 98.4% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 97.9% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 97.4% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 97.1% | -0.3% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 97.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.6%, 97% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 97.1% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.8%, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.9% | 98.9% | 98.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 98.9% | 98.8% | 99.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.3% | 98.3% | 98.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 97.7% | 97.4% | 97.9% | 2 |
| 2020s | 97.1% | 97.1% | 97.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More poverty & inequality data for Tunisia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.83 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,891 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 45.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.76 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.8% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Tunisia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Tunisia was 97.1% 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.1% in 2021.
- How does Tunisia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Tunisia ranks 47th 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 Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.