Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Rwanda
Rwanda: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 89.79 in 2023. βΌ Falling
Latest (2023)
89.79
World rank
14th
of 120 countries
All-time high
96.35
in 2000
All-time low
89.79
in 2023
Years of data
6
2000β2023
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Rwanda, 2000β2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 89.79 for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Rwanda peaked at 96.35 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 89.79, in 2023.
Rwanda ranks 14th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.36 | 94.37 | 96.35 | 2 |
| 2010s | 93.64 | 93.18 | 94.13 | 3 |
| 2020s | 89.79 | 89.79 | 89.79 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 11 Guinea-Bissau 91.42 compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 90.38 compare
- 13 Kenya 90.05 compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 89.3 compare
- 16 Mali 88.64 compare
- 17 Pakistan 87.08 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Rwanda
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 3.7 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,784 (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 11.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 13.98 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 13.98 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -10.38 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.394 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Rwanda?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Rwanda was 89.79 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 96.35 in 2000.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.79 in 2023.
- How does Rwanda rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Rwanda ranks 14th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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