Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Japan

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Japan in 2020 — 1.6%. Ranked 40 in the world out of 70. Since 2008, the indicator has fallen by 0.1 pp.

2020 1.6% −0.1 pp vs 2019
World rank 40of 70
Period maximum 1.7%2008
Period minimum 0.6%2015

Trend over time

2008–2020 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Japan, 2008–20200.511.5220082010201220142016201820202008: 1.7%2009: 1.5%2010: 0.9%2011: 1.2%2012: 1.6%2013: 1.3%2014: 1%2015: 0.6%2016: 1.2%2017: 1.2%2018: 1.7%2019: 1.7%2020: 1.6%
Change over the period: −0.1 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2020

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

Japan 1.6%
World 22.1%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 1.6 −0.1 pp
2019 1.7 +0 pp
2018 1.7 +0.5 pp
2017 1.2 +0 pp
2016 1.2 +0.6 pp
2015 0.6 −0.4 pp
2014 1 −0.3 pp
2013 1.3 −0.3 pp
2012 1.6 +0.4 pp
2011 1.2 +0.3 pp
2010 0.9 −0.6 pp
2009 1.5 −0.2 pp
2008 1.7

Eastern Asia, 2020

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $3.65 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity. The World Bank keeps three international lines because one does not work for the whole world: extreme poverty at $2.15 has all but disappeared in middle-income countries, and they need a higher line. This one matches the typical national lines of lower-middle-income countries — that is, it answers how many are poor by the standards of countries like them, not how many are destitute.

Important: Measured from consumption or income in household surveys held once every few years, so the years are discontinuous. The line is set in 2017 PPP dollars, not in current ones.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.