Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Jordan
Jordan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 89.5% in 2010. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Jordan, 1986–2010
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 89.5% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2010.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Jordan peaked at 95.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 88.1%, in 1986.
Jordan ranks 58th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 88.1% | 88.1% | 88.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 94.6% | 93.2% | 95.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 92.0% | 91.5% | 92.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 89.5% | 89.5% | 89.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 55 Viet Nam 90.8% compare
- 56 South Africa 90.8% compare
- 57 El Salvador 90.5% compare
- 59 China 89.0% compare
- 60 Bhutan 88.7% compare
- 61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 88.4% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Jordan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,611 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.2% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.433 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0916 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0916 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1007 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2411 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Jordan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Jordan was 89.5% in 2010, 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 Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 95.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.1% in 1986.
- How does Jordan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Jordan ranks 58th out of 120 countries with data for 2010.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Jordan 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.