Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 71.5% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Bangladesh, 1983–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 71.5% for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is down 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Bangladesh peaked at 97.5% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 71.5%, in 2022.
Bangladesh ranks 28th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 97.5% | — |
| 1985 | 96.2% | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 96.6% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 97.2% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 93.4% | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 92.3% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 90.0% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 88.6% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 85.7% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 71.5% | -16.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.8% | 96.2% | 97.5% | 3 |
| 1990s | 95.3% | 93.4% | 97.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 91.2% | 90.0% | 92.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 87.2% | 85.7% | 88.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 71.5% | 71.5% | 71.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 25 Guinea 76.6% compare
- 26 Cameroon 74.0% compare
- 27 Philippines 73.9% compare
- 29 Mauritania 71.2% compare
- 30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 70.3% compare
- 31 Kyrgyzstan 65.2% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Bangladesh
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.16 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,408 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 7.29 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 7.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Bangladesh?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Bangladesh was 71.5% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 97.5% in 1983.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.5% in 2022.
- How does Bangladesh rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Bangladesh ranks 28th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day. 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.