Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Japan
Japan: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 3.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Japan, 2008–2020
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Japan stood at 3.3%.
The figure is down 10.8% on the previous year and up 65.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Japan peaked at 3.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2014.
Japan ranks 86th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Japan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3.7% | — |
| 2009 | 3.2% | -13.5% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -37.5% |
| 2011 | 2.6% | +30.0% |
| 2012 | 2.4% | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | +54.2% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | -54.1% |
| 2015 | 1.9% | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | +47.4% |
| 2017 | 1.9% | -32.1% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | +73.7% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | -10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 1.7% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More poverty & inequality data for Japan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,245 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 -1.18 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 34.86 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 34.9% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Japan?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Japan was 3.3% in 2020, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2014.
- How does Japan rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Japan ranks 86th out of 120 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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 Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.