Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Mercosur

Extreme poverty rate in Mercosur in 2024 — 2.6%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 25.9 pp.

2024 2.6% −0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 28.5%1990
Period minimum 2.3%2010

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Mercosur, 1990–2024010203019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 28.5%1992: 23.8%1995: 16.7%1996: 17.7%1997: 17.4%1998: 16.5%1999: 17.7%2000: 10.5%2001: 16.2%2002: 16.5%2003: 15.3%2004: 13.4%2005: 12.1%2006: 10.2%2007: 9.5%2008: 8%2009: 7.4%2010: 2.3%2011: 6.1%2012: 5.6%2013: 4.7%2014: 4.2%2015: 5.3%2016: 5.5%2017: 5.8%2018: 5.8%2019: 5.8%2020: 2.7%2021: 6.1%2022: 4.1%2023: 3.3%2024: 2.6%
Change over the period: −25.9 pp Annual average: -0.76 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mercosur

Mercosur 2.6%
World 10.4%
Extreme poverty rate — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.6 −0.7 pp
2023 3.3 −0.9 pp
2022 4.1 −1.9 pp
2021 6.1 +3.4 pp
2020 2.7 −3 pp
2019 5.8 +0 pp
2018 5.8 −0.1 pp
2017 5.8 +0.3 pp
2016 5.5 +0.2 pp
2015 5.3 +1.2 pp
2014 4.2 −0.5 pp
2013 4.7 −0.9 pp
2012 5.6 −0.5 pp
2011 6.1 +3.8 pp
2010 2.3 −5.1 pp
2009 7.4 −0.6 pp
2008 8 −1.5 pp
2007 9.5 −0.8 pp
2006 10.2 −1.9 pp
2005 12.1 −1.3 pp
2004 13.4 −1.9 pp
2003 15.3 −1.2 pp
2002 16.5 +0.3 pp
2001 16.2 +5.7 pp
2000 10.5 −7.2 pp
1999 17.7 +1.2 pp
1998 16.5 −0.9 pp
1997 17.4 −0.3 pp
1996 17.7 +1 pp
1995 16.7
1992 23.8
1990 28.5

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.