Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Indonesia
Indonesia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 2.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Indonesia, 1984–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 2.1% for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in 2025.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Indonesia peaked at 4.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1987.
Indonesia ranks 110th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 2.8% | — |
| 1987 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1993 | 1.3% | — |
| 1996 | 1.8% | +35.6% |
| 1998 | 1.6% | -13.1% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 1.5% | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | -51.1% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | +95.7% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 1.8% | +34.4% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | +47.5% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | -20.7% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 2.0% | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 2.3% | +13.8% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | -20.6% |
| 2013 | 2.3% | +13.1% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 3.6% | +16.9% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 3.6% | -13.9% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 2.9% | -17.3% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | -17.1% |
| 2025 | 2.1% | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 0.7% | 2.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.1% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 2.1% | 3.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More poverty & inequality data for Indonesia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 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 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,829 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 -0.0857 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.31 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Indonesia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Indonesia was 2.1% in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1987.
- How does Indonesia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Indonesia ranks 110th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 40% of the median.