Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Palestine
Palestine: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 91.9% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Palestine, 2004–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 91.9% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Palestine peaked at 95.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 91.9%, in 2023.
Palestine ranks 54th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Palestine, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 95.0% | — |
| 2005 | 93.9% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 94.3% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 94.9% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 92.7% | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 92.3% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 92.1% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 93.0% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 91.9% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.2% | 92.7% | 95.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 92.5% | 92.1% | 93.0% | 3 |
| 2020s | 91.9% | 91.9% | 91.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More poverty & inequality data for Palestine
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,465 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -2.53 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 6.65 (2021)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 6.6% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 9.75 % change on previous year (2021)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Palestine?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Palestine was 91.9% in 2023, 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 95.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.9% in 2023.
- How does Palestine rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Palestine ranks 54th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Palestine 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.