How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Australia
Australia: How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? was 0.9% in 2020. ▼ Falling
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Australia, 1981–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Australia stood at 0.9%.
The figure is up 50.0% on the previous year and up 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Australia peaked at 1.1% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2008.
Australia ranks 68th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 3 |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More poverty & inequality data for Australia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,690 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.4% (2022)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.056 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 21.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0712 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0712 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0807 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1849 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Australia?
- How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Australia was 0.9% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 1981.
- What is the lowest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2008.
- How does Australia rank for how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty??
- Australia ranks 68th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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 How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.