Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Pakistan
Pakistan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 99.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
99.5%
World rank
20th
of 120 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 1987
All-time low
99.5%
in 2015
Years of data
14
1987–2024
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Pakistan, 1987–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Pakistan stood at 99.5%.
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 Pakistan peaked at 100.0% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 99.5%, in 2015.
That places Pakistan 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 100.0% | — |
| 1990 | 100.0% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 99.7% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 99.9% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.7% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.5% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 99.5% | -0.2% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 99.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.1%, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 99.5% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 93.8%, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.7% | 100.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.5% | 99.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 17 Burkina Faso 99.6% compare
- 18 Togo 99.5% compare
- 19 Tanzania 99.5% compare
- 21 Ghana 99.5% compare
- 22 Cote d'Ivoire 99.4% compare
- 23 Mauritania 99.4% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Pakistan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.6 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,634 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 4.94 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.36 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Pakistan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Pakistan was 99.5% in 2024, 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.5% in 2015.
- How does Pakistan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Pakistan ranks 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.