Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Indonesia
Indonesia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 64.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Indonesia, 1984–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Indonesia is 64.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.9% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Indonesia peaked at 99.3% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 64.1%, in 2025.
That places Indonesia 32nd out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 99.3% | — |
| 1987 | 99.2% | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 98.5% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 98.3% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 96.9% | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 99.1% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 97.9% | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 97.6% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 96.8% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 94.9% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 95.4% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 94.8% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 94.6% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 95.3% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 92.6% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 92.4% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 92.1% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 88.9% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 85.8% | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 84.7% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 82.6% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 82.0% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 81.9% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 77.5% | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 74.2% | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 71.2% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 70.4% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 69.4% | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 68.5% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 70.3% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 69.6% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 68.1% | -2.2% |
| 2025 | 64.1% | -5.9% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 64.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 3.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 64.1% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 21.3%, 3.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.2% | 99.2% | 99.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 98.1% | 96.9% | 99.1% | 5 |
| 2000s | 94.6% | 92.1% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.9% | 70.4% | 88.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.3% | 64.1% | 70.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 29 Mauritania 71.2% compare
- 30 Laos 70.3% compare
- 31 Kyrgyzstan 65.2% compare
- 33 Botswana 63.2% compare
- 34 South Africa 59.6% compare
- 35 Egypt 58.5% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Indonesia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 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 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,829 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 -0.0857 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 10.31 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 10.3% (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 Indonesia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Indonesia was 64.1% in 2025, 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 1984.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.1% in 2025.
- How does Indonesia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Indonesia ranks 32nd out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.