Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 13.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Bangladesh, 1983–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Bangladesh is 13.4%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Bangladesh peaked at 13.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 1985.
That places Bangladesh 101st out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 13.0% | — |
| 1985 | 11.0% | -15.6% |
| 1988 | 13.0% | +18.2% |
| 1991 | 11.9% | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 11.5% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 12.1% | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 11.9% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 12.1% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12.3% | 11.0% | 13.0% | 3 |
| 1990s | 11.7% | 11.5% | 11.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.8% | 12.1% | 13.5% | 2 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More poverty & inequality data for Bangladesh
- 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 2.16 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,408 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 7.29 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 7.3% (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 60% of the median in Bangladesh?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Bangladesh was 13.4% in 2022, 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 60% of the median recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 13.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 1985.
- How does Bangladesh rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Bangladesh ranks 101st out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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 60% 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 60% of the median.