Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Zimbabwe

Extreme poverty rate in Zimbabwe in 2019 — 49.2%. Ranked 75 in the world out of 78. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 13.5 pp.

2019 49.2% +4.5 pp vs 2017
World rank 75of 78
Period maximum 49.2%2019
Period minimum 35.7%2011

Trend over time

2011–2019 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Zimbabwe, 2011–2019354045502011201220132014201520162017201820192011: 35.7%2017: 44.7%2019: 49.2%
Change over the period: +13.5 pp Annual average: 1.69 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Zimbabwe 49.2%
Extreme poverty rate — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 49.2
2017 44.7
2011 35.7

Eastern Africa, 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.