Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Algeria

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Algeria in 2011 — 41.8%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 82. Since 1988, the indicator has fallen by 25.9 pp.

2011 41.8% −23.4 pp vs 1995
World rank 60of 82
Period maximum 67.7%1988
Period minimum 41.8%2011

Trend over time

1988–2011 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Algeria, 1988–2011405060701988199119941997200020032006200920111988: 67.7%1995: 65.2%2011: 41.8%
Change over the period: −25.9 pp Annual average: -1.13 pp

Comparison, 2011

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

Algeria 41.8%
World 58.8%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2011 41.8
1995 65.2
1988 67.7

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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