Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Taiwan
Taiwan: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 0.3% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Taiwan, 1981–2021
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 Taiwan is 0.3%, measured in 2021.
That represents a change of down 25.0% on the previous year and down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Taiwan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +500.0% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.2% | 2.4% | 10.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More poverty & inequality data for Taiwan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 6 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 0.87 live births per woman (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0807 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1054 (2023)
- Three metrics of inequality 60.86 (2017)
- Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6086 (2017)
- Total shortfall from extreme poverty 3.36 million international-$ in 2021 prices (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Taiwan?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 10.0% in 1981.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1991.
- How does Taiwan rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Taiwan ranks 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 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 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.