Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Liberia

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Liberia in 2016 — 55%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 83. Since 2007, the indicator has fallen by 24.5 pp.

2016 55% +0.3 pp vs 2014
World rank 77of 83
Period maximum 79.5%2007
Period minimum 54.7%2014

Trend over time

2007–2016 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Liberia, 2007–20165060708020072008200920102011201220132014201520162007: 79.5%2014: 54.7%2016: 55%
Change over the period: −24.5 pp Annual average: -2.72 pp

Comparison, 2016

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

Liberia 55%
World 24.9%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2016 55
2014 54.7
2007 79.5

Western Africa, 2016

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

LR Liberia 55 GH Ghana 56.3

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.