Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Europe & Central Asia

Extreme poverty rate in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 0.6%. Since 1988, the indicator has fallen by 3.3 pp.

2024 0.6% −0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 8.8%1999
Period minimum 0.6%2024

Trend over time

1988–2024 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Europe & Central Asia, 1988–202402.557.51019881992199620002004200820122016202020241988: 3.9%1989: 3.9%1990: 4%1991: 4.5%1992: 5.5%1993: 6.1%1994: 7.6%1995: 7.3%1996: 7.5%1997: 6.8%1998: 7%1999: 8.8%2000: 7.6%2001: 6.9%2002: 6.2%2003: 6%2004: 5.1%2005: 5%2006: 4.4%2007: 4%2008: 3.7%2009: 3.7%2010: 3.8%2011: 3.6%2012: 3.6%2013: 1.1%2014: 1.2%2015: 1.2%2016: 1%2017: 1%2018: 0.8%2019: 0.8%2020: 0.8%2021: 0.8%2022: 0.8%2023: 0.7%2024: 0.6%
Change over the period: −3.3 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 0.6%
World 10.4%
Extreme poverty rate — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.6 −0.1 pp
2023 0.7 −0.1 pp
2022 0.8 +0 pp
2021 0.8 +0 pp
2020 0.8 +0 pp
2019 0.8 +0 pp
2018 0.8 −0.2 pp
2017 1 +0 pp
2016 1 −0.2 pp
2015 1.2 +0 pp
2014 1.2 +0.1 pp
2013 1.1 −2.5 pp
2012 3.6 +0 pp
2011 3.6 −0.2 pp
2010 3.8 +0.1 pp
2009 3.7 +0 pp
2008 3.7 −0.3 pp
2007 4 −0.4 pp
2006 4.4 −0.6 pp
2005 5 −0.1 pp
2004 5.1 −0.9 pp
2003 6 −0.2 pp
2002 6.2 −0.7 pp
2001 6.9 −0.7 pp
2000 7.6 −1.2 pp
1999 8.8 +1.8 pp
1998 7 +0.2 pp
1997 6.8 −0.7 pp
1996 7.5 +0.2 pp
1995 7.3 −0.3 pp
1994 7.6 +1.5 pp
1993 6.1 +0.6 pp
1992 5.5 +1 pp
1991 4.5 +0.5 pp
1990 4 +0.1 pp
1989 3.9 +0 pp
1988 3.9

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.