Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Indonesia
Indonesia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 6.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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
In 2025, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Indonesia stood at 6.7%.
The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Indonesia peaked at 10.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2002.
Indonesia ranks 107th 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 50% of the median in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 8.6% | — |
| 1987 | 5.5% | -35.9% |
| 1990 | 5.2% | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 5.0% | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 5.9% | +17.6% |
| 1998 | 5.0% | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 4.8% | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 4.8% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 4.8% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 3.6% | -24.2% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | +35.8% |
| 2004 | 5.7% | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 5.7% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | +19.4% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6.6% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 6.5% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 7.4% | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 7.9% | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 7.1% | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 9.7% | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 10.3% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 9.6% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 8.2% | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 7.0% | -7.0% |
| 2025 | 6.7% | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.1% | 5.5% | 8.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.2% | 4.8% | 5.9% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.6% | 3.6% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.6% | 7.1% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.1% | 6.7% | 9.6% | 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 50% of the median in Indonesia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Indonesia was 6.7% 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 50% of the median recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2002.
- How does Indonesia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Indonesia ranks 107th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. 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 50% 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 50% of the median.