Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Taiwan
Taiwan: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 0.3% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Taiwan, 1981–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Taiwan stood at 0.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% on the previous year and down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Taiwan peaked at 10.0% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1991.
That places Taiwan 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 10.0% | — |
| 1986 | 2.4% | -76.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -91.7% |
| 1995 | 1.2% | +500.0% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -83.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +200.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -22.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -42.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Taiwan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +500.0% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.2% | 2.4% | 10.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More poverty & inequality data for Taiwan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.87 live births per woman (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1054 (2023)
- Three metrics of inequality 60.86 (2017)
- Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6086 (2017)
- Total shortfall from extreme poverty 3.36 million international-$ in 2021 prices (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Taiwan?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Taiwan was 0.3% in 2021, 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 Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 10.0% in 1981.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1991.
- How does Taiwan rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Taiwan ranks 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Taiwan 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.