Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Southern Europe

Extreme poverty rate in Southern Europe in 2021 — 1.1%. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 0.4 pp.

2021 1.1% −0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 1.9%2015
Period minimum 0.7%2008

Trend over time

2008–2021 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Southern Europe, 2008–202100.511.52200820102012201420162018202020212008: 0.7%2009: 1.1%2010: 1.2%2011: 1.4%2012: 1.7%2013: 1.8%2014: 1.7%2015: 1.9%2016: 1.8%2017: 1.6%2018: 1.6%2019: 1.1%2020: 1.2%2021: 1.1%
Change over the period: +0.4 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Europe 1.1%
World 11.3%
Extreme poverty rate — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 1.1 −0.1 pp
2020 1.2 +0.1 pp
2019 1.1 −0.5 pp
2018 1.6 +0 pp
2017 1.6 −0.2 pp
2016 1.8 −0.1 pp
2015 1.9 +0.2 pp
2014 1.7 −0.1 pp
2013 1.8 +0.1 pp
2012 1.7 +0.3 pp
2011 1.4 +0.2 pp
2010 1.2 +0.1 pp
2009 1.1 +0.5 pp
2008 0.7

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.