Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Benin
Benin: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 99.6% in 2021. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Benin, 2003–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Benin stood at 99.6%.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Benin peaked at 99.8% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 99.6%, in 2018.
Benin ranks 16th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.8% | 3 |
| 2020s | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 1 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Benin
- 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 4.56 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,356 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.6% (2013)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.573 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.2208 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.2208 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2391 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3926 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Benin?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Benin was 99.6% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2003.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.6% in 2018.
- How does Benin rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Benin ranks 16th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. 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.