Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Burundi
Burundi: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 99.9% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Burundi, 1992–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 99.9% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Burundi peaked at 100.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 99.9%, in 2020.
That places Burundi 6th out of 120 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 100.0% | — |
| 1998 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 99.9% is above the median for low income countries, which is 99.9%, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 99.9% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 99.7%, 1.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More poverty & inequality data for Burundi
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.88 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,163 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 -0.3512 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.501 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Burundi?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Burundi was 99.9% in 2020, 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.9% in 2020.
- How does Burundi rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Burundi ranks 6th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burundi 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.