Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Indonesia
Indonesia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 13.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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 13.7% for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Indonesia peaked at 18.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 2002.
Indonesia ranks 100th 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 60% of the median in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 16.5% | — |
| 1987 | 13.2% | -19.7% |
| 1990 | 13.2% | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 11.4% | -13.7% |
| 1996 | 13.1% | +14.4% |
| 1998 | 11.6% | -11.6% |
| 1999 | 11.0% | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 11.4% | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 11.5% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 10.0% | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 13.0% | +17.2% |
| 2005 | 12.6% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 13.6% | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 13.9% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 14.2% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 13.8% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 15.6% | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 16.1% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 15.3% | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 15.8% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 16.6% | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 17.0% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 18.4% | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 18.3% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 18.1% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 17.4% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 17.1% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 17.1% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 15.6% | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 14.9% | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 14.3% | -4.2% |
| 2025 | 13.7% | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.9% | 13.2% | 16.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 12.1% | 11.0% | 13.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 12.5% | 10.0% | 14.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 15.3% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 13.7% | 17.1% | 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 60% of the median in Indonesia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Indonesia was 13.7% 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 60% of the median recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 18.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 2002.
- How does Indonesia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Indonesia ranks 100th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. 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 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.