Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Pakistan
Pakistan: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 87.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Pakistan, 1987–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 87.1% for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Pakistan peaked at 98.3% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 87.1%, in 2024.
That places Pakistan 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 98.2% | — |
| 1990 | 98.3% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 96.0% | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 94.7% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 96.9% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 94.1% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 94.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 93.6% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 92.7% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 91.8% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 90.0% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 87.4% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 88.4% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 87.1% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.2% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 96.3% | 94.7% | 98.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 94.7% | 93.6% | 96.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 90.1% | 87.4% | 92.7% | 5 |
| 2020s | 87.1% | 87.1% | 87.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More poverty & inequality data for Pakistan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.6 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,634 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 4.94 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.36 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Pakistan?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Pakistan was 87.1% in 2024, 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 98.3% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.1% in 2024.
- How does Pakistan rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Pakistan ranks 17th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.