Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Myanmar

Extreme poverty rate in Myanmar in 2017 — 10.3%. Ranked 70 in the world out of 78. Since 2015, the indicator has fallen by 7.9 pp.

2017 10.3% −7.9 pp vs 2015
World rank 70of 78
Period maximum 18.2%2015
Period minimum 10.3%2017

Trend over time

2015–2017 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Myanmar, 2015–20171012141618202015201620172015: 18.2%2017: 10.3%
Change over the period: −7.9 pp Annual average: -3.95 pp

Comparison, 2017

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

Myanmar 10.3%
World 11.8%
Extreme poverty rate — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 10.3
2015 18.2

South-Eastern Asia, 2017

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.