Poverty at $3.65 a day — all countries

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Tunisia

Poverty at $3.65 a day in Tunisia in 2021 — 2.4%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 81. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 34.4 pp.

2021 2.4% −0.4 pp vs 2015
World rank 43of 81
Period maximum 36.8%1985
Period minimum 2.4%2021

Trend over time

1985–2021 · % of population

Poverty at $3.65 a day — Tunisia, 1985–202101020304019851989199319972001200520092013201720211985: 36.8%1990: 29.4%1995: 30.9%2000: 22.1%2005: 14.5%2010: 8.2%2015: 2.8%2021: 2.4%
Change over the period: −34.4 pp Annual average: -0.96 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Tunisia 2.4%
World 21.4%
Poverty at $3.65 a day — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 2.4
2015 2.8
2010 8.2
2005 14.5
2000 22.1
1995 30.9
1990 29.4
1985 36.8

Northern Africa, 2021

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

TN Tunisia 2.4 EG Egypt 7.1

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.