Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Maldives

Extreme poverty rate in the Maldives in 2019 — 0%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 78. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 18.8 pp.

2019 0% −0.1 pp vs 2016
World rank 1of 78
Period maximum 18.8%2002
Period minimum 0%2019

Trend over time

2002–2019 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Maldives, 2002–20190510152020022004200620082010201220142016201820192002: 18.8%2009: 13.1%2016: 0.1%2019: 0%
Change over the period: −18.8 pp Annual average: -1.11 pp
Extreme poverty rate — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 0
2016 0.1
2009 13.1
2002 18.8

Southern Asia, 2019

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.